A Memory of Losses
by Michael Doyle

Even a cursory read of the Hadith finds
It is enjoined to treat others kind
To never kill unless it is necessary
The death of even one requires a necessity

To save even one is to save all of humanity
Life is reverenced as God's greatest sanctity
So how then do we hope to explain 9/11
The day so many died needlessly and went to Heaven

How do we deliver ourselves from degradation
The thuggish killers brought their alienation
From all who follow a godly path and do good
These shameful deeds cannot be easily understood

Only the Creator may take life without heresy
We are to walk with knowledge, wisdom, and mercy
2,977innocents were slaughtered that September day
The memories of these losses may never fade away

The time passes in a broken way forever changed
Too much death and so many lives have been rearranged
Holding on to the lingering traces of loves now gone
The spark lights the flame, and our lives go ever on

As time stands still, and we hang on to this tragic day
Feeling the sorrow and pain again and again in every way
Only to have it repeat itself in a travesty of nations
October 27th showed this is not a matter of one-and-done

When a group or person uses half a Quranic verse
The understood results are often no less than perverse
No god, especially our God, will allow justification
For those who seed and sow a world filled with destruction

(c) September 11, 2024   Michael Doyle
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