9/11/01
A time most of us, I'm sure, remember.
Sure, most of us were only in
Elementary School.
But we remember the TV on,
our parents calling relatives,
people crying and screaming on TV,
and newsreporters frantic.
We remember our parents worrying as they
sent us on the school bus, dropped us off,
or let us walk out the door to school.
Over the years we have wondered...
Why did this happen?
Who is the next to die?
Are we safe?
Now...
we are the remaining children of the world.
There are more of us every day.
And every day, some of us are taught to hate
because of someone else's beliefs
or skin color
or sexual orientation.
What would happen if us kids...
started fighting over favorite colors?
started killing each other because
we thought the world should like Harry Potter
or Twilight better?
sent soldiers to other countries
because we didn't like the language they spoke
because we didn't understand it?
took the lives of other children
because we don't like the way they look?
murdered innocent people
because of our opinion?
What would happen?