no words

by Raine Wynd

shock/grief/rage spill through me as i stare at the screen
unable to fully comprehend the images depicted there
i want so much to put in words how i feel
and there are none

and all the things i thought i'd do
if i ever got the time
suddenly seem different now
and i wonder if i really have lived
as large of a life as i could

hurt/empathy/patriotism course through me as the time passes
i understand better now what happened
still i want so much to say how i feel
and the words fail me

and all the things i took for granted
because i lived in the land of the free
suddenly seem different now
and i weep for the end of the innocence
of all that were touched by one terrible tuesday