Salute to the World
(The world remembers)
Spent the day with the world in salute and embrace
to the loss of our comrades a year ago.
To the memories of terror and horror,
a horror the world still failing to understand.
Hoping for peace in this battered world, and yet
understanding well what it means as well as last year.
Cried tears with the world wide crowd
Remembering the confusion when America was the target of hatred
and injustice.
Remembering the glory days of the great city from far away
in a great city of my own.
Yearning for an embrace,
and praying for the world.
11/09/2002