They Are Still With Us Poem by Shemaine English

Ten years later we still think of them
We still feel their spirits in our bones
and remember them

as if they just left us
Time has passed
as it always does
As it always will
both slowly and
quickly since then

But that is not
enough to make us forget
It happened a long time ago
It happened just yesterday

And they are still here with us
Their bodies are gone
Many buried in the Ground
known as Zero

But our memories of them survive
Like the sunshine that comes
after a violent storm
They are still with us

Because we keep them
alive in our hearts
No matter how much time passes