9/11 Inside/Out

'Are' ~ 'We' living in an age where true enlightenment is possible ...

SEPTEMBER 11, 2011 I remember it so clearly ... Pregnant with 2 'little' babies watching as Mommy sat totally still, crying, watching in 'terror' as planes 'crashed', buildings 'crumbled', people "DIED" and the WORLD I knew ... changed forever.

"Mommy, why are you crying?" What do I say? that bad guys just like in Spiderman or Carebears had just hurt thousands of people ... that the WORLD to me seemed to have finally gone crazy and that the fight to control all the WORLD'S resources was up for grabs or that, maybe, people had become so disparaged within their 'own' lives that innocent people had to bear the suffering & the pain of 'their' actions ... What do I say? ... So ... I said  NOTHING and cried some more...I cried on and off for several days, grieving, worrying & contemplating what was instore for our future...THEIR FUTURE.

CHAPTER 10 'TERROR' March/05

In the first years following 9/11, many things changed and yet as is true of many major occurances in this World & in one's life, "life goes on", never the same, changed in many ways ... left with the wondering if the circumstances that led to 9/11 held within the future further unforseen, unforwarned tragedies.  Several years later, now,  with a baby who has grown into a toddler & two toddlers who have grown into children I still feel remnants of the sadness, fear and hopelessness that that day imprinted on my body, mind & soul.
For all 'Man'kind & for those of us who have never encountered bodily harm & the severe emotional & spiritual sufferings at the hands of war, this should be a day that resonates in our hearts, always, as a reminder to be grateful for our freedoms and our good fortune and to aspire to strive to create a WORLD in which 'all' know these freedoms and good fortune.

Excerpt CHAPTER 11 'THE COLLECTIVE MIND' MARCH/05

September 11, 2011

This poem is dedicated to the 'many' who suffered the loss & pain of the events of September 11, 2001

 "NEVER FORGET HOW STRONG YOU ARE, HOW BEAUTIFUL & BRIGHT ... NAMASTE

LOST

Today I feel so lost

The pain was too intense

I wondered what I'm doing here

Nothing made any sense

Why do I feel so insecure

So naked to the world

Why do I feel the need to try

To stop the tears I cry

Go deep within the anger

Go deep within the pain

Go beneath the surface

To truly start again

Don't allow the fear to win

Don't be afraid to feel

Don't be afraid to face your fear

As you will find within

Who and why you have come

To touch upon this world

Who and why you have come

upon which you have been hurled

Your time has come to see yourself

 for who you really are

within your dreams

You'll find yourself

And how you've come so far

DO NOT FORGET HOW STRONG YOU ARE

HOW BEAUTIFUL & BRIGHT

DO NOT FORGET WHO GAVE YOU LIFE

A STAR SHINING EVER BRIGHT

Dec/05