Birthday Present
The flag is flown high,
The day has begun.
The day is normal,
As normal as all the other days.
The sky is clear, the earth is green,
The air is clean, the sun is bright.
The day is normal,
As normal as all the other days.
I grabbed my bag, I took my lunch,
I kissed my dad good-bye, as he gave me a hug.
The day is normal,
As normal as all the other days.
My mom drove me to school,
And listened to the news.
It is normal,
As normal as all the other days.
I walked into the school, but no one was there.
I saw for ahead that the teachers were over there.
The day seems normal,
As normal as all the other days.
"It must be a liturgy day," I thought, as I walked to the church,
But the teachers directed me inside, into a confined room were the whole school sat.
This isn't normal,
Not normal as all the other days.
I was seated next to my friends, and they looked terrified.
I asked what was wrong, and I didn't understand why.
This isn't normal,
Not normal as all the other days.
We feared of bombs, of plane crashes at our school.
News traveled fast, and I heard it all.
It's not normal anymore,
Not normal as all the other days.
I worried for my parents, if they would be ok.
I worried for the towers, as I heard they fell away.
This isn't normal,
Not normal as all the other days.
And I wondered, was this supposed to happen?
For my birthday present to be… a nation up in panic?
This isn't normal,
Not normal as all the other days.
The sky grew dark, the earth turned black,
The air was toxic, the sun hid away.
This isn't normal,
Not normal as all the other days.
But the flag was flown high in the sky,
And the day ended, and the next day begun…
A/N: another one for the 8 poem thing for Creative Writing last year. About 9/11, my birthday. It's just a little thing I had to do, about politics, so I did this! It's an ok poem… but whatever. This is some of the things that happened to me on 9/11, plus other stuff to get the poem to flow. If you hadn't noticed yet, I don't really like my stuff, but if you guys think it's good, then great! =D
Find at: .com/art/Birthday-Present-141994817
