Pink Hat (Tribute to 9/11)

''Background Info: For those of you that don’t live in America, 9/11/2001 was the day that the Twin Towers, the original World Trade Centers In New York City, fell. Four planes were hijacked by a terrorist group known as Al Qaeda, with one hitting the South(?) Tower, and the other hitting the North(?) Tower. Both buildings collapsed at separate times. One plane hit the defense part of the Pentagon in Washington D.C., while the other, possibly aimed for the White House, was reclaimed by passengers but crashed in a field in Pennsylvania.''

Also I decided to post this today because I probably wouldn’t have the chance tomorrow.

A pink hat

Clean, seemingly untouched by man,

Sits near a gutter.

It flutters around the curb

Like how the flaps fluttered when a girl wore it.

A five year old girl,

Happily living in New York City

Near the Twin Towers

With a mother and father.

September 11th, 2001,

Was the girl’s downfall.

When the rubble was being cleared,

A woman was found

Crying over her little girl

Wearing a pink hat

Lightly coated in ash and dust.

The mother and father

Left the girl’s funeral

With memories that made them somber

And a pink hat.

That pink hat flew out the window one day.

Now it lays on the curb.

Yet another reminder

Of that fateful day

And that little girl

Who once wore it

But never shall,

Nevermore.