Another September 11
(Last year, on September 1, 2010, I wrote a poem titled “Between September 11 and September 1″ following Obama’s fulfilment of the promise that U.S. soldiers would finally begin to leave Iraq. Today, it is another September 11. Osama Bin Laden has been killed by US forces. However, it appears there are now many Osama Bin Ladens in the world. I have extended the previous poem and retitled it, “Another September 11″).
September 11…
that tragic turn
that changed the world
the terror that struck the Pentagon
and the ripples of fear that spread across our heart
when man and beast stood side by side
and no one could tell who was man
and no one could tell who was beast.
September 1…
with the bloody bullets from our gathering guns
with the merciless missiles from our American armoury
man went to war with the beast.
When the last gunshots were heard after years of yearning
one left the land of the other
leaving behind blood and tears
shrouds of hate and love, flags of
hope and despair
and no one could tell who was man
and no one could tell who was beast.
And after a deadly decade of
haunting Osama
Obama makes a hero out of a virulent villain,
When in Pakistan bullets found the target
And far in the dead sea the body is buried.
But who would have known
That the villain
had become the hero
And the hero, the villain.
