email1009.xml
Title
email1009.xml
Source
born-digital
Media Type
email
Date Entered
2002-12-21
September 11 Email: Body
I SAW "TWIN" BUTTERFLIES FLYING TOGETHER TODAY
The day after we lost Twin Towers in New York City,
I saw "twin" butterflies, exact duplicates of each other,
flying closely together,
in pure, carefree testimony.
To what I asked?
Knowing full well they were replacement therapy, born of sorrow.
Flying in denial of dashed hopes, I thought.
Probing sunlit columns, relentless in their search.
Joyfully ascending with flourishes of yellow wings.
Meaning what,I asked?
Seeing twin builders, heralding new fantasies
in lieu of unrequited dreams.
Establishing, it seems,
twin staircases to the skies,
in noble tribute to the power of our fragility.
By Robert Bagar
bagarcom@aol.com
This poem is testimony to the spirit of hope for the future that New Yorkers kept alive even in their darkest hour.
By Robert Bagar
bagarcom@aol.com
This poem is for all New Yorkers who kept the spirit of hope for the future alive even in their darkest hour.
The day after we lost Twin Towers in New York City,
I saw "twin" butterflies, exact duplicates of each other,
flying closely together,
in pure, carefree testimony.
To what I asked?
Knowing full well they were replacement therapy, born of sorrow.
Flying in denial of dashed hopes, I thought.
Probing sunlit columns, relentless in their search.
Joyfully ascending with flourishes of yellow wings.
Meaning what,I asked?
Seeing twin builders, heralding new fantasies
in lieu of unrequited dreams.
Establishing, it seems,
twin staircases to the skies,
in noble tribute to the power of our fragility.
By Robert Bagar
bagarcom@aol.com
This poem is testimony to the spirit of hope for the future that New Yorkers kept alive even in their darkest hour.
By Robert Bagar
bagarcom@aol.com
This poem is for all New Yorkers who kept the spirit of hope for the future alive even in their darkest hour.
September 11 Email: Date
December 21, 2002
September 11 Email: Subject
Poem in Tribute to the Spirit of Hope for the future.
Collection
Citation
“email1009.xml,” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed April 25, 2024, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/39931.