Rudy and I visited the 9/11 Memorial just before sunset. There is a flag for each person who died and a wall with their names.
flags
2,996 flags
each precisely placed
stand quietly
bearing witness
and pain
long dark shadows
grow between the flags
listen
did you hear a cry
or was that a bird
look
where that flag stirs slowly in the breeze
is that a face
or a misplaced shadow
wait
stand here
between the shadows
do you feel the void
of lives that once were
10 years later
2,996 flags
silence
long shadows
and memories
painful memories
