Home

Posted: 16th February 2011 by admin in Uncategorized

“I want to go home!”
I cried in the night
But they say
“You’re already here.”

“My people need help!”
I shrieked desperately
But they say
“Everyone is safe here.”

Do they not understand?
Have they not been watching
The footage from New York
The reports from Washington?

The twin towers are falling
And I’m on the floor
Of my third-grade living room, weeping
“It’s the end of the world.”

But still we all worried
If we could get back
Us Americans, overseas,
And our homeland under attack.

You see I watched 9/11
In the middle of the day
From Saudi Arabian sands
From Khamis Mushayt

And now, ten years later
I’m on different ground
Back here in Texas
We’re in God’s country now

But still my homeland
Insists on imploding
I watch CNN
With a sense of foreboding

Egypt, Iran
And now Yemen too
Bahrain, Libya
There’s nothing I can do

As I sit and I watch
I’m back down on the floor
Of my living room, weeping
“It’s the end of the world.”

“I want to go home!”
I cried in the night
But they say
“You’re already here.”

“My people need help!”
I shrieked desperately
But they say
“Everyone is safe here.”

 

-Ashley Hahn

  1. Anonymous says:

    Thanks for telling me! I’m sorry that you’ve felt the same pain, at the same time it’s nice to know I’m not the only one. That strange comfort in numbers thing, you know. 🙂

  2. Anonymous says:

    To be able to just switch the brain on and off would be a magic button for sure, too many thoughts sometimes. To be able to just stop thinking and wondering would be so peaceful wouldn’t it.

    Identity; wondering who I really am in the big picture and what am I supposed to be doing. I could have an excellent career with what I do now if it gave me some fulfillment but I am about to start all over once again…. Who I am, what am i supposed to be, relationships, friends, distance, differences, and eclectic blends of life, enough to drive a person crazy sometimes and life is already crazy enough without all that.

    If you figure out how to shutdown let me know.