Spending the eleventh anniversary of 9/11 in New York is surreal. I dare not venture to the 9/11 Memorial today because I feel it isn't my place. I want to see the beautiful memorial, but not on a day like today. Today is a day for the families and friends of those who perished.
To act like I have any business being there with them would be shameful.
Eleven years ago today our country was shook. To say I had an understanding of the severity of what happened in second grade would be a lie. Even today I can't grasp the full picture of what happened. I'll never understand why it happened. I'll never understand the full scale effects it had and is still having.
It was a day that changed America. It brought about a lot of fear and it brought about even more hatred.
It unified us, it inspired us, it scared us, and it showed us that being scared is okay.
It showed us that we're stronger than we seem.
I'm at a loss for words on a day like today. Walking to class this little blurb struck me...
There's a brisk breeze blowing that refuses to let you forget.
Not that we would forget,
or that we could forget.
Because forgetting would mean saying it was okay,
and saying it was okay would mean giving up.
And giving up would be unfair,
unfair because those who died never did.
But we won't forget.
The breeze won't let us.
Today is a sobering day.
NP: Empire State of Mind- Jay-Z
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