The Burning of the Reichstag

In open mouthed horror
We watched as the plane
Thudded into the side of the building
Flames pouring out the windows
In a shower of death, glass, and steel
Raining ash on the frozen masses below
As dying screams plummeted to the earth.
Then the other tower was struck
Erupting in a ball of Hell
Hungry fire consuming
Flesh and blood
Steel and concrete
And the souls of those who waited
In the floors above
Staring out the shattered windows
Pleading for help that could not arrive
Before taking their leap of faith
Into the streets below
Uniformed men and women rushing in
Fighting the sea of panic
Swirling from the buildings
And the towers collapse
In a cloud of dust and smoke and ash
Burying those inside
A tomb of rubble
In less than an hour Coyote
Asserted himself as a leader
In less than an hour a nation was changed
Forever.