NOT JUST
poems and essays on September 11, 2001
Entreaty
Shelly Reed
[SREEDF@aol.com]
May you see red white and blue
in every breeze
When blind convictions vacillate
may strangers lovelier than you can imagine
medicate your collective soul
and wrap it in soft gauze
May your hearts never hold
a going out of business sale
May threats tossed
over turbans oceans away
not dilute the New York of your strength
May the nipples of your breasts
drip jingoism and when facing
the sun you glimpse
Lady Liberty's tears bruising
vast pages of ocean
may you amalgamate with native soil
each of you content
that nothing unresolved
endures forever
originally posted at the WriteGallery on November 25, 2001
Poem © 2001 Shelly Reed, all rights reserved
appears here by permission
