never forget.

i was there. you were there. we were there.

holding hands amongst the many streaming crowds of bustlings new yorkers.

we were there in that quiet peaceful tuesday morning.

and then the silence ended.

the screams began.

i was there. you were there. we were there.

when the towers fell. when a nation held its breath.

when the skies were covered in smoke and ash.

holding hands.

you began to fall.

i couldn't save you on that day.

i couldn't save any of the near 3,000 of you.

i watched you fall. my face white. my mind blank.

you are gone and i am here.

holding hands with nothing but air.

a blank hole in the heart of a city.

in the heart of this country.

i was there and you were there.

and we will never forget.