Have you ever cried for a fallen soldier, seen the blood trickle from his wounds like a never ending stream, as his face goes pale white–ice cold, eyes staring into the open sky; as his life spills on the ground like an endless puddle of death? Seen the faces of the family members as they […]

Although the sun may filter Through the leaves of sapling trees, To alight upon smooth stone, And melded steel, None of its fire will touch this place again. The souls that line these paths, Have ended their own journeys, In a chaotic order, Like a bird that suddenly Finds it cannot fly And instead falls. […]

As a three year old, everything was a mystery. I didn’t know of the innocent victims. Blurry memories show the surrealness. Streets were empty, everyone was hiding, playing a giant game of hide and seek. I did not understand. Now, I understand. Heavy wounds left deep scars on our country. Now, I understand: at the […]

Silence ringing, the crunch of gravel bites the air. I hear the hum of a little light bulb, whose job is to illuminate the world from underneath a wing. How many of these wings is a parent or a child who was on the plane? My gaze focuses not upon the Pentagon’s facade, lighter on […]

I am the letter, the giver, the receiver. I receive praise higher than mountain tops and give insight to those lost in darkness. A young man approached my home. A quiet, quaint, and solemn home Along a gleaming black wall of rest and conscience. In his face I see the brightness of sorrow The wonder […]