ASHES

REQUIEM
New York City, September 11, 2001

The precious skyline of glass and steel remains
Of all thats lost
And flowing into the sea

                At the end of the island where the rivers meet
    The candles burn for so many
    Doves crowd the branches
    Of the blue garden tonight                 In every park on every corner a fine curtain of dust     Settles on the altars
    Of the open city
Photographs and the sweet heavy fragrance of flowers

    The candles burn for so many
    Doves crowd the branches
    Of the blue garden tonight

So many wings rising from so many lives ended
In the collapse of the towers
A common prayer
Scribbled on scraps of paper blows through the streets

    The candles burn for so many
    Doves crowd the branches
    Of the blue garden tonight                                 Beneath the bridges the rivers flow as sorrow into the sea
                                    Of all thats passing
                                    Innocence and ashes
                                The precious skyline of glass and steel remains     The candles burn for so many
    Doves crowd the branches
    Of the blue garden tonight