' azure agonies '
i let my thoughts go
winding across ground zero
from an empty nothingness
down a labyrinth of blues
through the twin towers
of many stories
of many voices
of many colors
where they held the placards
where they lit the candles
bracing the something-ness of life
from where a dove flies
and merges into the ether
of a limitless blue space
i know it looks the same
from wherever you are ,
i open the window
unsurely, hesitatingly
to let the sky in ..
original / z.g.
[ Ed : Line 4 - down a labyrinth of pain ]
Ref :
( To - - - mark the International Day of Peace, renowned primatologist and humanitarian Dr. Jane Goodall - - visited Ground Zero with a small group that included the Reverend Lyndon Harris, formerly of St. Paul’s Chapel - - the little chapel that stood through 9/11 and served as a relief center for workers who toiled many months at Ground Zero.The group flew Giant Peace Dove puppets at the site, to express their desire for a world where war and violence are things of the past - - )
[ additional reading _ for-our-world-a-poem-written-on-9 / 11-by-mattie-stepanek_ the boy poet ]
It reminds me of the sad tale about 9/11 which altered the normal course of man's history...life has become so much of a hesitation for all people around the world, much so with those victims...
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this poem... :)
many thanks ..
ReplyDeleteembracing life after unimaginable loss. we breath the same sky. we do.
ReplyDeleteThat is an utterly beautiful, heart-rending poem. That got me. Thank you for giving voice and shape to this experience.
ReplyDeletebeautifully written and I love the note at the end to explain- although YOUR words were more than adequate!
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