I Wore Black Today (9/11/2018)

 

I wore black today

To mourn the lives destroyed by hate

The lives that fell with steel and glass

Or ended in a field of grass.

The lives since lost in retaliatory fire

The foreign, fear-filled eyes --

The lives that wore a uniform --

The people who called us home --

Until our fear turned to acid in a day.

 

I wore black today

To mourn the loss of innocence --

Of children who too soon met evil face-to-face,

Who woke up to terror and the loss

Of those who kept them safe from harm.

Those left behind to face new sunrise

Reliving, day-to-day, the moment when they learned

That they were all alone.

 

I wore black today

To mourn the me I used to be

Before I grew up far too soon --

A young child who felt too well

The pain of those, far -- miles away

Who changed, forever, on that day.

 

Tomorrow, I will a rainbow be again

To bring some light into this dark world

But today I cannot hide

The sorrow in my soul

For how hate has changed this world

Hate countered with hate

A cycle that has no end.

 

I wore black today.