MARK I. KIRKMEYER
NOT KNOWING
On this anniversary
To remember those lost
I can sympathize and understand
The dreaded family cost
It's not the loss
That hurts the most
It's the not knowing
That tears the host
In shocked disbelief we watched
The first sister burn, the second hit
There is destruction and death
Hades will be happy in it
It's not the loss
That hurts the most
It's the not knowing
That tears the host
Asguard, Elysian Fields, Happy Hunting Grounds
Those lost can go there
We who were left behind
Have to struggle, have to care
It's not the loss
That hurts the most
It's the not knowing
That tears the host
Did they pass, Irish wake?
Are they still with us
On this plane unable to speak
Body broken, torn and trussed
It's not the loss
That hurts the most
It's the not knowing
That tears the host
I had grown attached to her
She filled my life with cheer
After years of solitude in a cave
She gave me confidence to appear here
It's not the loss
That hurts the most
It's the not knowing
That tears the host
The last time we had chance to talk
She told me she was headed for surgery
Six weeks without word or note
Tugs at my spirit makes me worry
It's not the loss
That hurts the most
It's the not knowing
That tears the host
©Copyright September 2002 by Mark I. Kirkmeyer
THEY READ HIS NAME
They Read His Name
I found out today
I knew one greatest price to pay
He was lost in the twins
I don't know, working or charging in
Lost contact for many years, a shame
This morning they read his name
His face appeared in my minds eye
It wouldn't leave though I try
He was young, naive on the edge
A butterbar fresh from college
Hardening like concrete cure
When I received my transfer
On the DMZ, to busy to think of him
Not a thought, not even a whim
Until this morning I heard his name
Doing his job not thought of fame
©Copyright September 11, 2002 by Mark I. Kirkmeyer
Dedicated to Lt. P,
Lost in the World Trade Center
TEARS FALL
Today I was cleaning
Older posts
I went through 9/11
Tears fall
It's still hard
And the poets
So good
Holding emotions
In their words