Never Forget: A Patriot’s Poem

You’ll never forget those apocalyptic skies, that sickly orange, a sea of toxic haze, the jarring sensation when smoke got trapped in the back of your throat, the putrid scent of your neighbors’ homes burning, as, once again, entire cities on the west coast are wiped off the face of the Earth

You’ll never forget the extremeness, the endlessness of it all, as the fires raged on for miles, as weeks turned to months, as our complacency turned to ash in your nose, throat, and mouth.

It seems a strange way to never forget those heroes for their courage on that tragic September morning when two hijacked planes flipped the whole world upside down. We honor their memory by demanding remembrance of their sacrifices, but remain silent as we watch the country they died for burn.