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Tarot of the Tower
by Candace Turner
Eyes gazing towards heaven
We watched the impossible
Layer after layer of majestic steel collapsed
And the smoke billowed up and out
And the misguided angels fell downwards
And then
Lest we hadn’t understood the first message
The horror was repeated
underlined in bolded letters
Message sent – Message received
Planes are not supposed to crash into buildings
Our eyes said they had
Our hearts said they couldn’t have
Our minds said nothing
At the heart of the City
At the heart of the world
A terrible aching silence
Candles burned creating paths of waxen tears leading nowhere
Wooden walls appeared
Walls covered with pictures – sons, daughters, husbands, wives
Words -Have you Seen?….Please call….Leave a message here
The picture walls grew larger as our hope grew smaller
City of Ash
Every step an agony of remembrance
Ghostly companions forever at our sides
Time goes on
Pain dulls
but the memory of 9/11 remains indestructible
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