Then Years Later…

 

So, to conclude, I would like to share with you two poems that I wrote after the attacks on our country 10 years ago. Keep in mind that I was not even 15 years old at the time, so these are not my best work of poetic genius. For the sake of posterity, I have not altered any of the original wording or punctuation, which, believe you me, was very difficult. So don’t take these poems as the ramblings of a child prodigy (because that’s not what they are), but take them for what they mean, what they are trying to convery emotionally. Share and enjoy!

 

What is Happening to Me?

 

Phony smiles

Emerge from my lips

As I still try to cope with

Anger trapped

Inside my heart

I don’t know what to do

With my life

With myself

I feel like

Nothing is left inside

I feel hollow

Everything is gone

Buried along with the World Trade Center

My heart did a nose-dive

When the Towers collapsed

I can’t believe it

I am losing my mind

I am going insane

I want to be loved

I want you to leave me alone

Don’t come to close to me

Why don’t you embrace me?

These thoughts overflow my mind

And I cannot think straight

Nothing I say makes sense

My thoughts won’t settle down

What is happening to me?

 

Our World

 

Everything I have thought

Has become a cliché

Ever since yesterday

I have been realizing

Who I am

What I stand for

As an American

I stand for liberty

For death before dishonor

For pride in my nationality

And my country

I have been taught my whole life that

I should stand

For my country

Through thick and thin

“Give me liberty or give me death”

And now it has struck me

For the first time

As true as the sky is blue

I will do whatever I can

To help the people

My brothers

My sisters

My country

My family

My life

My friends

My dreams

Our world

 

 

PS: God bless America!