My mind is numb

I can not fathom what has just been done

The replay in my mind is like a dream

Nothing more real than I have ever seen

Am I drunk or am I insane

My body and mind does not comprehend the pain

I have not heard the screams

Though they are loud inside me

What will tomorrow bring?

Many tears and sorrow dread me surreal

I grasp and reach to make things for real

The nails in my stomach pound with great force

I think of getting away maybe riding a horse

Is this the end or just the beginning

They speak out ears are ringing

Two have fallen numbers are not counted

The magnitude of the total is truly haunted

Confusion is large bring me up to date

Nothing to me has ever been this great

I saw the visuals of them holding in fear

The idea of that being me sends chills up to my ear

Sadness overcomes the hatred

How could this terror be created?

Some are laughing having great joy

Disregard of others as if they were toys

Fear is fuel, as it seems to be the only thing obtained

Vengeance is thick red as a flame

Will the ones take the blame?

Television heads say they will pay

All I can think of is black and gray

Written by Lanis

September 11, 2001