Remembering 9/11

I've written about 9/11 before on this blog --

my entry called Blood Red Pants documents my own personal memory

of that day.

I don't really want to say too much about it,

yet I want to acknowledge the anniversary.

Because, quite frankly,

we can't forget history --

history is our story

and the story

of the last ten years has been the history

we have written in the wake

of that horrible day --

We do have the power to change this story

if we guide the pen

with no ego,

with no evil,

with a full understanding that history

can and will repeat itself

if we let it.

The best tribute I've heard to 9/11 is Judy Collins' Kingdom Come --

I've posted it before.

I'll do it again.

Thank you Judy,

and may the souls of those who died on 9/11/01

and those who have died

in the decade since,

sacrificed for the sake of 9/11,

rest

in peace.