181 days,

And counting.

 

Kamikaze attacks

Melted the steel bones

Of the twin towers,

But have stiffened the will

Of an unyielding nation.

 

Louder roars

And deadlier bangs

Serve notice of recalling

Ten thousand times over

 

Smoldering smoke

Is sanctifying the caves

At much higher altitude.

 

Body counts

Are not lowered

But added with time.

 

Finite justice must be exacted,

Even though exact justice

Is not procured on Earth.

Death wish is granted

For the sake of enduring freedom,

But not on negotiated terms.

 

There will be no heavenly virgins

To greet the evil agents.

Only supreme justice awaits

Their resurrected bodies to bear

On the Day of reckoning.