Ron Ryan

REMEMBER SEPTEMBER

As I awoke, hatred soon spoke
Two broken hearted buildings
Billowing black smoke.
I was forced to watch.
Some were forced to choke
Hell was here, our burden to bear.
Terror struck. Modern day warfare

Remember September

Chaos ensued. Such a sad angry mood
We’ll bring them bombs. Then water and food.
New York City, Not so rude

Remember September

Priests prayed. Leaders led.
Babies cried. Lovers wed. Mothers fed.
Planes crashed. Beggars pled. Businessmen bled
Widows cried. Enemies lied.
Soldiers trained. New York City unified

Remember September

Battle drums beating. Cowards retreating,
An enemy worth defeating:
Fellow countrymen burning and bleeding;
Celebrities pleading. Presidents leading.
Soldiers heeding. New York City healing. Still Grieving

Remember September

Rumsfeld and Powell, Bush and Cheney
Beautiful Bright days Suddenly Rainy
Russia, Germany, France
Stood up. They Won’t Dance. Failed Romance
Diplomacy fails. A siren wails. Desert jails
United Nations Negotiations Failed Relations
New York City, New Years Eve Celebrations

Remember September

Troops deployed. Celebrities annoyed
Presidential palaces soon destroyed
Democrats worried about unemployed?
New York City, not overjoyed

Remember September

Little boys, GI Joes, shouting out “Friend or Foe”!!!?
Cuts and band-aids come and go
Freedom’s worth fighting for, this I know.

He grows up. Turns 18
Freedom Fighter, Ideals pristine
Stuck in a sand storm hugging his M16
No time to think, GI Joe!!!!
An approaching Iraqi, “FRIEND OR FOE”!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!??

Ambushed by a coward. Taken by surprise
Shots ring out Joe’s demise
Celebrities criticize

They cried hypocrisy. Joe Dies for their democracy.
Tensions mounting. Casualties Counting.
New York City War Protesters. Simply Astounding

Sarandon flashes signs of peace
Iraqi women pray for a slice of Freedom. Just one piece

Remember September?