september evening

Finally
i have finished
so that i can begin again
hours were spent finding the perfect words
hours hunched over the computer screen
dimly lit in the dark my face grew weary
trying to make a brief second of perfection
but then it ended
now i lay in bed
thinking of other things
things that have importance
some that have none
powerful Russian voices fill my ears
it is dark
remember, remember the eleventh of September
the terrible deceit and self dismember
don't ever be quiet
don't ever be still
for they took your freedoms
with fear they instilled