THAT THE LIGHTS 'VE VANISHED

“Let us go then;

Where we have never had to go before;

Straight down into the heart of the horror;

Of half-deserted, blasted, bloody streets;

With the earth shuddering beneath our feet;

We watch the memory of the lights that have vanished;

From these Twin Towers of man's belief;

In humanity and world peace, fade...

Seeing as we've never seen before;

Our transfigured anger redeeming our sight;

The diffuse visualization of justice;

Blossoming from that anger seeking the light;

Our hearts of darkness breaking;

From the sound of rolling thunder;

Asking the eternal question;

“What is wrong?” “What is right?”

Those who were living are now dead;

We who are living are now dying;

Moment by moment;

With little patience for mercy or regret;

Wondering is the very air we live by safe;

This is the end of innocence.

The time for saving grace”

=============Michael Hillmer