Ghosts of yesteryear
Walk hand in hand with fear
Across the silent plaza
Where once the Towers fell.

The terror of that day
Rears its head in another way.
We flattened the pile
Now we must flatten the curve.

Essential workers today
Hold the line against the virus' sway.
Like the First responders of 9/11
They think of others not themselves.

Empty Ground Zero
Shuttered even to heroes.
It's worse than that horrible day
When rubble was all that remained there.

Never the same
World changed and rearranged.
Let us never forget
The sacrifices made both times.

8/18/2020