The first news strikes like lightening -
Blasting the tranquil skies of a humdrum day
Blinding the startled vision of an unbelieving world
Blanching the numbed mind of a fragile civil sanity
The reports start to trickle in, icy cold -
Aeroplane Collides with Trade Centre in New York City
Second Tower Hit in Suspected Terror Attack
Pentagon in Flames as Third Suicide Mission Strikes
The dam of information breaks, overwhelming -
Towers Collapse, Thousands Killed, Chaos Erupts
Fourth Plane Down Over Uninhabited Area
America, The World, Switches to Red Alert!
Waves of aftershock follow the earthquake events -
Geopolitical elders face a new landscape of canyons and bridges
Religious tribes find no refuge in caves of peace and love
Economic prophets shudder as runaway cracks appear in money and markets
We watch with guilty anticipation
As the world declares war
On its shadow
— Wayne Visser