America Unbroken
by Michael Doyle

Time comes at us with brutality,
Not caring at all about our humanity.
Every second comes with its own rush.
The weakest of us feels the crush.

Cutting through the skin to the inside,
Until it takes every part of our pride.
That's life in all of its complexity.
Still, some wonder why others have anxiety.

It's been twenty-four long years.
It's funny how time flies and then disappears.
The Twin Towers collapsed and fell down,
Leaving travesty and devastation all around.

Amateur hour pushed us off our pedestal,
Then they found out that we will fight and are able.
We found out that some disputes can go on forever.
And that sometimes we must be increasingly clever.

Some of this world's most irritating frictions
Are based on misconceptions and needless fictions.
These have been around for many thousands of years.
It is the strategy of a war that never disappears.

It's been twenty-four long years.
It's funny how time flies and then disappears.
The Twin Towers collapsed and fell down,
Leaving travesty and devastation all around.

We Americans, maybe we are too young to know.
It will take some time for us to grow.
It's tough to let some things go,
And I suppose these are our pains as we grow.

We'll find our way to get along,
And our enemies will learn we are American strong.
Along life's wounded and drawn-out road,
There are so many future stories to be told.

It's been twenty-four long years.
It's funny how time flies and then disappears.
The Twin Towers collapsed and fell down,
Leaving travesty and devastation all around.

We promised to always remember.
And so we do, every September.
The business of violence is getting old.
Our nation has new dreams to be told.

September 11, 2001, changed America forever.
Still, it seems that it's more than clever
To keep our patriotism for America unbroken,
And this love for our nation continues to be spoken.

It's been twenty-four long years.
It's funny how time flies and then disappears.
The Twin Towers collapsed and fell down,
Leaving travesty and devastation all around.

(c) September 11, 2025   Michael Doyle
All Rights Reserved