Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource September 11 Digital Archive Stories Description An account of the resource This collection is the bulk of the archive, representing the reactions and experiences of thousands of individuals beginning in 2002. 911DA Story 911DA Story: Story Tell us about what you did, saw, or heard on September 11th. Feel free to write as much or as little as you like. Tell us your story: My story is here somewhere, buried within five years of words and images. Today, September 11, 2006, I offer this poem as a reflection of how our lives have changed five years later: I have been accused of burying myself beneath layers of fear and uncertainty obscured from a world created outside the realm of my own I ask that you allow me this brief indulgence although your accusations may not be denied neither will my skin be bared exposed to the stones that you might throw Permit me instead to argue my lucidity describing a world with no necessity for war where mothers need not fear the thought of sons becoming men A moment when we did not crave an explanation of our existence wondering why we fought so arduously for other worlds and people while ignoring our own slowly crumbling at its edges At the risk of imitating lecture I would remind you of the way a child views the world, of how we once were able to view it as well until it exploded in a matter of minutes and terror seeped from our pores thick as black, billowing smoke obscuring blue skies clouding our own definition of liberty robbing even our children of innocence and purity that day We once possessed a confidence some now consider ignorance a confidence now replaced by doubt, suspicion, and condescendence Religion or race, it does not matter, difference is condemnation once again I do stand guilty of tuning out a world which screams in my face of duty and rights while it whispers revenge and Armageddon from behind a shadowed hand Yet, before you doubt that I am listening or believe I have been living in oblivion trust that I hear it all, observe it all every nuance is stored behind these eyes You cannot charge me with nescience, nor indict me for turning away You can keep your world of hate and indiscretion wallow in it and believe that you are just and true From the safety of my walls, I will watch as carnage rips it at its seams Struggling to keep the realm of my world intact, no matter how small it may be My children will know innocence and objectivity, for I will teach them each They will also be wise to the ways of this world we now inhabit without allowing it to poison their hearts, minds, or souls They will understand the definition of equality, not just by rote, but by influence Mere layers separate your world from mine, thin as parchment and just as fragile created not out of fear or uncertainty, but knowledge, promise, and something else, a word it seems we have all forgotten... Hope. RSS August 25, 2006 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource story20669.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2006-09-11 IP Address The IP address of the device used to submit the item. 12.147.255.254