It’s been almost a year
Since the world changed forever
At least that’s what they say
About that day
In some respects they’re right
But mostly what I think changed
Is not the world
But our perspective
Things look very different
On this side of the terror
The way good folks in other places
Have seen it all along
Except we still don’t really get it
We haven’t learned the lessons
Because true insight
Requires transformation
The planes crashed
The towers fell
The tears flowed
And then we just hit back
We don’t really want to look inside
To discover ways to change things
It is safer just to blame it all
On someone else
Consolidate our power
There’s no room for disagreement
It’s us against the bad guys
Winner takes the world
So I’ll pray for those we lost
I’ll grieve what we’re becoming
And maybe some day soon
The world will really change forever
September 2002
