September 9, 2011

My Journey to God

9/11

As long as I can remember,
9/11
Was just another day.
The last of summer,
School in session.
Sometimes a crystal blue sky,
Sometimes hard rain.

Ten years ago—
Can it really be that long?—
Once again 9/11
Was a crystal blue sky day.
It seemed routine, just another day.
Then the phone rang and terrifying images
Appeared on TV.

Some say that innocence was lost on that day.
I remember thinking, maybe
Innocence was lost on
December 7, 1941,
The day that lives in infamy,
Or D-Day, June 6, 1944,
Or, maybe,
The death of Camelot, November 22, 1963.

So many of the proud and innocent
Died on 9/11.
So many injured for life,
Brokenhearted, lost and alone.
Lives changed in an instant.

The day is an open wound,
Running red and raw.
Long held tears flow
and the heart breaks again.

By Trudy Bledsoe

(Trudy Bledsoe is a member of St. Christopher Parish in Indianapolis.)†

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