I awake, the usual time,
yet had an uneasy feeling,
that something was going to happen today,
was going to be VERY different ... real bad.

Switched on my P.C.,
still half asleep ... read my many e-mails,
logged into ICQ,
Werid message saying:
"I'm alright, don't worry",
from a dear friend in New York city.

Flicked on the television,
to watch the Breakfast show,
hear the latest news,
images began flooding in ...
planes turned into fireballs,
buildings collapsing,
people screaming ... running for their lives
... over and over we see it happen.

Not once or twice,
but three different deadly attacks,
almost four,
all in quick succession.

One's worst nightmare unfolding
... awake the others ... is this for real?
Or am I dreaming?
Pinch me now.

So vivid,
so unimaginable,
peace no more,
shattered lives,
an innocence lost
forever more
the world over.

A world seeking answers
... so to revenge.

Why? Oh why did this have to happen?
What good did they achieve, really?
... Nothing ... nothing,
but hatred and death,
and now war
between one
and the rest of the world.

... What chance do they now think they have,
of bringing down the world
to nothing?!

None ... zilch!!!

Written: Thursday 25 October 2001, about a month and a half after this tragic event which rocked the world over :(.