"This day will live in infamy"

those words were heard before

but no one could imagine

those words would live once more

the city sits in ruins

burning craters in the ground

sitting motionless with disbelief

for once without a sound

one thing that I know

that a push comes with a shove

for our nation is a phoenix

and we shall rise above.

Amber Mandic, 17,

Orcutt, California