You died that morning –
Before the wars,
Before the world changed,
Before technology put the
whole world
Inside a small glowing screen.
Twenty-five years have passed.
Your children grew up
without you.
Some graduated,
Fell in love, got married
And had children of their
own.
You never saw their first
steps,
their first day of school,
their graduations,
their weddings,
You never held grandchildren
you should have known.
Your spouses learned how
to live
With an empty chair at the
table.
Your parents grew older
carrying grief that never
truly left.
And while your families changed,
so did the world.
Technology exploded around us.
Phones became lifelines.
Social media is prevalent.
Artificial intelligence can write poetry,
And Alexa immitates the human voice.
Could give your familily
One more birthday,
One more holiday,
One more hug.
You never saw the world
Twenty-five years later
You never got your tomorrow.
So today we remember
Not only how you died,
But everything you missed.
The marriages,
The grandchildren
The ordinary days
And the funerals of loved ones
Because you weren’t there.
Twenty-five years have passed,
The world moved forward.
A new tower was built in
2014.
One World Trade Center,
The Freedom Tower
Your friends and loved ones
Are now older
A new generation
Wasn't alive back then
But you'll always remain
Forever young,
Forever loved,
Forever in that morning.
8/23/2026 by, Chat GPT & Randee Saber
