In the blink of an eye

One routine September day
Clear blue skies
Morning coffee runs
Shuttling kids to school

Then, in the blink of an eye
Lives shattered
Husbands, wives, mothers, fathers, children
Became the missing
A country scarred

In the blink of an eye
The world cried together
Candles flickered
Mourning

Life goes on today
Yet we never forget
How the world changed
In the blink of an eye