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The Skyline

October 13, 2009
By ClicheBecauseItsTrue PLATINUM, A City, California
ClicheBecauseItsTrue PLATINUM, A City, California
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The skyline of the city rises and falls,
Up, down, up, down, down
We're missing one up,
No, two

"Mommy, where'd the ups go?"
They're missing,
Gone as if they were never there

All around me I hear shouts,
screams,
Panic sits heavy in the air,
but I can't tear my eyes away
from the skyline

Sirens blare,
babies cry,
children collapse in hysterics,
the city is a mess

No one can say what happened,
only that this was no accident

The news crews are there,
the firemen too,
and the police officers
from what I hear

And in the midst of all this chaos,
I am still

I am still as I let tears wash down my face,
and I cry,
For New York,
For America,
For the skyline


The author's comments:
this is a piece written about 9/11 from the perspective of a child

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on Jan. 22 2010 at 7:56 pm
ClicheBecauseItsTrue PLATINUM, A City, California
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yeah...i should fix that

on Jan. 18 2010 at 2:58 pm
imperfection GOLD, Gilroy, California
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Favorite Quote:
"Dream as though you'll live forever, live as though you'll die today."
~James Dean (1931-1955), American Motion Picture Actor, symbol of rebellion

I almost cried when I read this but I don't think the picture fits...