Tinker Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Something I wrote 10 years ago in the moment. I wanted to Archive it here and thought it might be appropriate to revisit in light of recent events. Dust A dirty blanket of grey grit smothers mangled, broken bodies of the unsuspecting and coats crippled humanity stumbling from the rubble. This dust buries our innocence and exposes deceit and violence. It hampers rescue and dulls the senses of a nation. Yet we wade through to take care of our own. We will remove the filth and debris from the streets of New York and from the dark corners of the world, wherever cowardice is harbored and treachery is honored. And when the dust has settled we will shake it from our souls and move on.---------------- --- Judi Van Gorder 9/12/01 Another poem about 9-11-01 Lambs Quote ~~ © ~~ Poems by Judi Van Gorder ~~ For permission to use this work you can write to Tinker1111@icloud.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badger11 Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 The 'dust' imagery gave focus to the message. A heartfelt poem, but the belief that life could be cleansed was expressed with a hardened conviction. The final two lines in particular reinforced that positive and resilient voice. badge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyv Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 Agree with Badge on the effectiveness of "dust," Tink. An impassioned message, revisited a decade later. Tony Quote Here is a link to an index of my works on this site: tonyv's Member Archive topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinker Posted May 15, 2011 Author Share Posted May 15, 2011 Thanks Badge and Tony, I am sure there are millions of poem written about that day. I can still remember the image on TV of people covered in soot and dust scuffling away from the scene. The dust was so thick that they all looked alike, everything was covered with it. Even on the West Coast we felt the blow and although I didn't get up and dance when I heard the news bin Laden was dead, I remember thinking "Finally we got him!" and felt closure. ~~Tink Quote ~~ © ~~ Poems by Judi Van Gorder ~~ For permission to use this work you can write to Tinker1111@icloud.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abstrect-christ Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 2nd last line there's a typo -- good job though. :) Quote Pinhead "Unbearable, isn't it? The suffering of strangers, the agony of friends. There is a secret song at the center of the world, Joey, and its sound is like razors through flesh." Joey "I don't believe you." Pinhead "Oh come, you can hear its faint echo right now. I'm here to turn up the volume. To press the stinking face of humanity into the dark blood of its own secret heart." "There's a starving beast inside my chestplaying with me until he's boredThen, slowly burying his tusks in my fleshcrawling his way out he rips open old woundsWhen I reach for the knife placed on the bedside tableits blade reflects my determined faceto plant it in my chestand carve a hole so deep it snaps my veinsHollow me out, I want to feel empty"-- "Being Able To Feel Nothing" by Oathbreakerhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBPy3xNwwL8 "Sky turns to a deeper grey the sun fades by the moon hell's come from the distant hills tortures dreams of the doomed and they pray, yet they prey and they pray, still they prey"-- "Still They Prey" by Coughhttps://soundcloud.com/relapserecords/sets/cough-still-they-pray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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