"The Shattered City" I

(Day of Terror, September 11, 2001)
© Shirley Zina Piniat


A LAMENTATION

FROM A BRIGHT SKY
DESTRUCTION RAINS DOWN --
WHY? WHY?

FEAR IN OUR HEARTS
TEARS IN OUR EYES
RAGE CONSUMES US
WHO DID THIS AND WHY?

WILL WE EVER AGAIN
FEEL FREE TO FLY
AND NOT TO DIE?

TIME MAY HEAL OUR WOUNDS,
LIFE MAY WELL GO ON
BUT STILL THE SHATTERED CITY CRIES OUT.
"WHY, MY GOD, WHY?"