Tanya J. Griego

TWIN TOWERS THROUGH THE ENDURING FREEDOM HOOP

I don’t understand this all; how did those Towers fall?
It still doesn’t seem real to me…
Is it because I haven’t been back there to my city to see

I can’t seem to fit the pieces of the puzzle together
9-11 still weighs heavy on my mind
Why Lord did you give me a sign?

I can remember working back in the bottom of the Towers
No longer existing… no working long hours

Mommy was in the first bombing in ninety-three
I don’t know what she went through – not then, not me,
I wasn’t there…

Then dad was in NYC on 911 on that day
(after 42 years retired NYPD – never knew how he did it that way),
I was Active Duty at Keesler not believing in disarray
I couldn’t get in touch with him and my heart dropped with dismay

I don’t know how to describe it because it’s all so surreal
My dreams are so vivid… it’s weird how I feel

So strange;
I didn’t deploy to the Pentagon after 911 because I was ill
But in late 2002 I went to Kyrgyzstan; oh GOD, not my own will!
I went there for a trip where all would be unknown
But I was sent back to America without a choice of my own

Just trying to make sense of this is hard work
Maybe I should go back to visit New York
And see that the twins are not there anymore
And to bring some closure to this festering sore

Don’t send me away from my troops – oh no…
Well here is the loop…………… here I go!

©Copyright July 2, 2004 by Tanya J. Griego