REMEMBERING THE TWINS

On 6 September 20116 September 2011 By Walter J. WojtanikIn Admiration, And then..., Death, Disaster, dreams, Escape, Event, Explode/Implode, Flight, HEADS UP, Heartbeat, Life, Love, memories, New York, Put Out Fires, Remembrance, Respect, Rest In Peace, Something scary, Through the Eyes of a Poet's Heart, Thunder, To Sleep Perchance, Tribute, Two For Tuesday, Unexpected, What if..., World on fire

Tall and proud they stood,
brothers from the same design.
One taller than the other;
he wore his hat to distinguish them.
Side-by-side, they kept watch
over the multitudes with attitudes,
near the harbor, they held no ill will
standing still while liberty had shown the way.
Until that day, their futures bright together,
their fates tied to their function.
But their compunction was well founded
when they were grounded. Encouraging to the last,
until the fast descent caused by one’s great fall.
The other followed shortly, two swept clear.
Ten years older if they were still here.
Tall and proud they stood,
brothers from the same design,
holding lives and dreams for all
concerned in the balance.
Under a valance of dust and rubble
there remains no trouble remembering the twins.