—Public Domain Photo
GROUND ZERO
—Robert Creeley, Buffalo, NY
What's after or before
seems a dull locus now
as if there ever could be more
or less of what there is,
a life lived just because
it is a life if nothing more.
The street goes by the door
just like it did before.
Years after I am dead,
there will be someone here instead
perhaps to open it,
look out to see what's there—
even if nothing is,
or ever was,
or somehow all got lost.
Persist, go on, believe.
Dreams may be all we have,
whatever one believes
of worlds wherever they are—
with people waiting there
will know us when we come
when all the strife is over,
all the sad battles lost or won,
all turned to dust.
____________________
—Medusa
For photos of 9/11 search dogs, go to abcnews.go.com/Photos/photos/moving-portraits-911-search-dogs-23846492/image-23846834/.