this day

this day

a day of hurt

horror

heartache

heroes

this day

a day of rememberance

ashes

dust

fear

this day

a day of numbers

11 days

9 months

18 years

2977 dreams ended

gone up

with the dust

of the buildings

this day

may be a day of terror

but on this day

a country was united.

The fifty states

as one.