Writer's Block: 9/11

[alwaysenduphere]

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I've made this post almost every year since I've had this journal, and yet today it seems so much different.

I was in the band room, same place I was every morning freshmen year of high school (same place I always was, 3 years previous and following.) But we didn't play any music that day. There wasn't any learning coursework in any class that day. There was just shock and silence.


Four years later I was at Ground Zero, looking in at the holes left behind. Watching the remembrance service on television, I see what a beautiful memorial they've made out of the space, and for some reason it made me want to look at the pictures I took when I was there.
NYPD cars lined the streets across from Ground Zero.
The flag still flies.
The metal cross.


We will never forget. <3

Comments

[jacyevans.livejournal.com]

*hugs tight*

[alwaysenduphere.livejournal.com]

<333

[build-the-moon.livejournal.com]

Going to Ground Zero is something I've really wanted to do over the past few years. I think it's going to make everything a lot more real for me, but it's something I feel like I need to do at this point in my life.

<3

[alwaysenduphere.livejournal.com]

If I went now that the memorial is there I think maybe my reaction would be different than it was, but for sure being there made everything more...vivid, I guess, like in being in the city I became part of it and felt the loss even more? IDK it's hard to explain but it's definitely a powerful feeling.

&hearts