Writing About 9/11

Until today, I have not written about the day life abruptly ended for over 2,000 fellow human being from more than 90 nations. Usually emotion-filled events overflow my creative heart in a poem. Sadness, joy, fear and anger -- all can spark the desire to write, write it out, share with others. Shock was all many of us felt about 9/11. For some of us, it's been a long time feeling numb and coping with the stressful trauma. When a counselor asked why I was so upset, I could only quote John Donne:

For Whom the Bell Tolls

No man is an island,
Entire of itself;
Each is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main;
If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less,
As well as if a promontory were,
As well as if a manner of thine own
Or of thine friend's were;
Any man's death diminishes me,
For I am involved in mankind;
Therefore, send not to know
For whom the bell tolls;
It tolls for thee.