9-11 [Before, During, After Poem]

Peering sunrise
Tangerine skyline
Bustling streets
Busy pedestrians
Fragrant coffee
Racing employees
Normal routines

Spiraling aircraft
Pointing fingers
Thundering impact
Crashing shards
Echoing sirens
Hustling footsteps
Frantic screams
Desperate cries
Scrambling souls
Roaring explosion
Tumbling concrete
Drifting papers

Dusty roads
Shocking disbelief
Scattered debris
Sooty air
Ashen rubble
Ghastly vestiges
Deafening blackness
Dedicating salutes
Eerie silence