how appropriate it seems
today is September 11th
16 years
and sitting in the aftermath
just
not quite the same
instead of
burned buildings
and
buried bodies
theres
concave structures as
waters recede
16 years difference
in different states
aftermath
one man made
full of hate
the other of nature
calm and powerful
the sensation of both
quite the contrast
trudging through snowflakes
of human ash
weathering wind
carrying livestock to high ground
one was a peaceful resoloution
as the winds whipped
the other
the weight of sadness
of lives lost
the passing of many souls
of which we do not know
the unknown
one was prepared for
the other
we could not
but on the day the hurricane left
we will never forget
that day
walking up canal street
the skies filled with red