the heavens spread out filled with

glowing sunshine and billowing clouds

painted on a periwinkle canvas

the needle like roofs of towering  skyscrapers

played peek-a-boo behind alabaster low floating clouds

 

but that glorious September day

ended too quickly

the noise too loud for words

the heavens spread out with black smoke

the periwinkle sky filled with ash

the sun shone an eerie glare

the  clouds floated like evil dark shadows

the skyscrapers crumbled

lives changed forever

September 11, 2001

never to be forgotten