2 Weeks After 9/11
will there ever come
an end to this numbing suffering
the inner ache that permeates
each passing hour since
and shadows every eye
how sweet would be release
passage from this restless
p e n e t r a t i n g
unease
some blissful slip
back into that space
where we forget
just how temporary
e v e r y t h i n g
i s