Overwhelmed, this is how I feel today. A decade ago, the exact same feeling, and I was not the only one. 3651 days later, I still remember what I was doing on 9/11. Unfortunately, another date we’ll never forget (as if we did not have enough...)
It was a weekday and I was about to get back to my books, preparing September exams. I turned the radio on, as usual not paying much attention at first.
Chaos,
accident,
destruction,
attack
killing… these words drove my attention. I checked other stations; same appalling speech.
What was going on? Till then, I was not sure of the what, the where or the who. I turned on the tv and I simply could not believe it! I yelled my mom to join me. I think I needed someone to hold my hand firmly and to reassure me by saying that it was just fiction. But it was unspeakably true. Then, more shouting, “there’s another plane”, “what the…”, “Dios mio…”
Then silence
A second plane crashed and dissapeared. Did it really hit the second tower??
Those images run speechless in mi mind, like in super 8. I went mute, there was an explosion, smoke, fire, more chaos, more killing… Too shock to express any emotion, we just sat and stared.
Human insanity. And I feel overwhelemd today 'cause it's the same abominable film that goes on and on. We will remember this date, but we should not forget that every day there're people suffering their own 9/11...
Today I scream…
despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage
despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage
someone will say what is lost can never be saved
despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a caaaaaaaaaaage
there goes Song #2:
Bullet with Butterfly Wings - The Smashing Pumpkins
Lead single from the band’s 3rd double album
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (1995)
On the video clip we can see Billy Corgan’s last filmed appearance prior to his charismatic shaved head look. And the Zero shirt, an icon!
Just for the record… one of my favorite bands.
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