It is an everyday. It will never be any other day.

The story under the cut was written not for 9/11, but for 4/19. And yet, it holds true for all such tragedies, here, and around the world. 

For the victims. And for the survivors. May we all find peace.  Shalom aleikhem.

( the story )

 

"Bear Witness"

Years pass, decades,
The revising measure of a lifetime
Entire; I stand here still,
Not stone not metal not fire but flesh
To bear the weight to not fail nor fall some greater trust
Rise into the skies and ne'er come down again.



© 2012, Laura Anne Gilman