Hope Springs Eternal

Dedicated to those who perished at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.

This poem uses the double acrostic format, so the first and last letters of each line spell out a phrase.



September eleventh: when nightmarish sounds
Echoed throughout our globe.

Pandemonium reigned as Hell staged a coup.
Towers erected as symbols of might
Evanesced from the Earth in one blink of an eye.

Multitudes perished in all of the mayhem;
Bandit's Mama was but one to succumb.

Enduring, though, all the horror and bane,
Rays of light gleaming in our darkest hour
Embodied the soul of the great human race.

Legions of heroes answered the call,
Even though some paid the ultimate price.

Valorous deeds, completely improv,
Expressed humanity's penchant for love.
No act of terror will quash our devotion.

Though the future's uncertain, veiled in doubt,
Hope springs eternal, like the phoenix from ash.