There Will Always Be Septembers

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Moonlight Romeo

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since 2001-09-10

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The heart of you

0 posted 2003-09-10 01:21 PM

A revised repost

There will always be Septembers.
Months of time that will end Summers
And begin Autumns
With days that dawn cool and crisp
And set cold and chill.

There will always be Septembers.
When the school bell brings back
The sound of children in their natural habitat.
When nature’s last wind turns leaves
From darkest green to palest red and orange.

There will always be Septembers.
And, we will go through them as we have before,
With open eyes and hearts,
Bracing ourselves against a winter too near
While holding on to an Indian Summer too far.
We will remember the words of the immortal
Who said “The days grow short when you reach September”
And, we will wonder again, just how he knew that.
We will reflect on the passing of years
As we hear the crinkle of the leaves once more beneath our feet;
And, we will wonder just who takes them off the trees.
We will notice that the sun sets darker off the shoreline
As another day takes us closer to the final destination;
Leaving us to wonder if we will see the next one.
We will hear the call of the loon in the early morning fog
As they search for the meaning of the song
And, we will wonder, what do they sing about?

There will always be Septembers.
Just as there have been since time’s beginning.
Days in months in years of history and life.
But, there will never be another September
Like that September.
When the day dawned in peace and ended in war.
When the screams of children at play
        Were replaced by the screams of people in pain.
When the bells of school
        Were replaced by the bells of alarm.
When the red was not on the leaves
        But on the sidewalks and streets of the city.
And we braced ourselves not for the coming of Winter,
But, for the coming of darkness.
A darkness we thought would never come for us.

And, we wondered, “How could it happen here?”
We still wonder that.
We did not see the leaves that day,
        For there were no trees.
We did not see the sun set that day
        For there was no sky.
                And, we wondered if we would ever see either again.

Now, we know that the sun rose again that next day.
And, with it, so too did the world.
A world forever changed in one bold stroke
By the hand of a named evil
        That sought to hold us all in its grasp.
A hand that we fought to be free of,
        As we had done so in the past.
                But one that will continue to grasp for us.

Yes, there will always be Septembers.
But, with the chill of Autumn they bring
Will also come
        The remembrance of death
                And the promise of life.

Peace is the only battle worth waging.
--- Albert Camus

Enchantress
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since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

1 posted 2003-09-10 02:34 PM

Expertly written...and perfectly timed.
Keeping this..in memory of that day.
Thank you Romeo.
~Smiles & Hugs, Nancy~

~ Summer can't be over...
I still have sand in my shoes ~

Sunnyone
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since 2000-07-06

Posts 5334
Staffordshire, England

2 posted 2003-09-10 03:35 PM

A fitting tribute beautifully written...~S~

Accept these small gifts from my gypsy heart ~~S~~

Mistletoe Angel

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since 2000-12-17

Posts 32816
Portland, Oregon

3 posted 2003-09-10 04:11 PM

(big hugggssssss) Oh Moonlight Romeo, September has long been my "worst month" since I was a little boy, as I always had seizures occuring at this exact time of year and horrible nightmares linked with them, and my little sister almost dying from eczema one September and remembering the bright sirens flashing, and then September 11 only made my history of September worse! (sad sigh) Yes, there will always be Septembers, but if we can live on through the month each year, that only shows how together faith will fill us with strength, God Bless You, we all love you so much! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet friend, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

I don't need no proof when it comes to God and truth
I can see the sun set and I perceive

***Live***

Earth Angel
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since 2002-08-27

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Realms of Light

4 posted 2003-09-10 04:52 PM

Where have you been? Moonlighting as a Romeo?
Good to see you again.

You managed to write with grace and sensitivity about a tragic event in history. That takes talent--and heart.

EA

SPUD
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since 2003-09-10

Posts 12

5 posted 2003-09-10 05:29 PM

Done very nicely and with great care.

Marge Tindal

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since 1999-11-06

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Florida's Foreverly Shores

6 posted 2003-09-10 05:51 PM

MoonlightRomeo~
I remember thinking, as I saw this, that it was a perfectly lovely romantic title - There Will Always Be Septembers, conjuring images of the gorgeous Septembers of my past ... then as I read it I began to cry-in-remember of the terror of two years ago that engulfed us ...~

Very effectively penned, poet~

This thought jumped from the page -

'We did not see the leaves that day,
For there were no trees.'

So poignant~
Thank you for this~

I feel that my reply is inadequate to tell you just how very, very touched I am by reading this~
*Huglets*
~*Marge*~

~*When the heart grieves over what it has lost,
the spirit rejoices over what it has left.
- Sufi epigram
noles1@totcon.com

Martie

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7 posted 2003-09-10 06:26 PM

Moonlight...I have to agree with my sister Marge...words somehow seem inadequate...you have written this with great sensitivity. Thank you for sharing.

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