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you’ve thrown the worst fear that can ever be hurled/ fear to bring children into this world

by Jen at 5:53 pm on 11.09.2009 | 2 Comments
filed under: rant and rage

I could write about September 11th, but I don’t want to.

what I want to write about instead, is the kind of day today might have been. a day without the memorial services and moments of silence. a day without the flags and yellow ribbon stickers and “support our troops” signs draped off overpasses. a day without the gloom and grey weather that matches the sombre mood. a day without two wars being fought in foreign lands, and a more nebulous war of ideologies.

I want to write of a day like September 10th 2001. an ordinary day, so unremarkable that i couldnt tell you where i was or what i did, never mind recount every vivid emotion and detail. a day unencumbered by grief and missing. I want to write of a time of peace and security that no longer exists, except in the memory of anyone over the age of 8.

I want to write of what once was, and what will never be again. a nation without scar, a day without fear.

I want to write it and have it be true.

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    Comment by A Free Man

    14.09.2009 @ 11:46 am

    I’ve been thinking about how much the U.S. has changed since 9/11 and it isn’t for the better. Without 9/11, I may still be living in the U.S. But you can’t go back, and more and more I feel like I can’t go back either.

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    Comment by Jen

    16.09.2009 @ 15:36 pm

    yeah, i am always torn every time i visit. in so many ways it resembles nothing of the country i knew.

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