one year later
one year later, nothing's changed,
not a thing different, it's still the same.
it's been a year since that fateful day
when the purely innocent were forced to pay.
for what? who knows. i dont. do you?
what on earth did they ever do?
they went to work, and lived their lives,
playing with their kids and kissing their wives.
but no one knew on that fall day
that something would come to take it away.
lives were shattered, and innocence lost,
just like that, but for what cause?
they did nothing but purely exist
just as we do, and i can't resist
the urge to still ask myself why.
why did so many have to die?
one year later, patriotism almost gone.
upon looking back, it wasn't so long
ago when everyone flew their flag
and now that spirit has started to sag.
it's all back to "normal," back to un-caring,
no helping hands and nobody daring
to risk all their wants for another's needs,
less showing love to their families.
what about those who have none left?
they were taken away through the largest of thefts.
the brave men, women and kids who still survive
withouth their loved ones, but with memories that thrive
still rich in their minds, no way to forget.
and as long as they dont, their family's there yet.
but the rest of us evidently forgot
and seem to think it affected us not.
one year later, nothing's changed.
not a thing different, it's still the same.
Friday, Sept. 06, 2002 - 4:32 pm