If I could turn back time
If I only had the power
There wouldn't have been a Nine One One
With uncertain, terror filled hours

If I could turn back time
If there were a possible way
Those four planes would not have been hijacked
On that terrible September day

If I could turn back time
To before that awful event
The Trade Towers would be standing tall
Never to fall, and never absent

If I could turn back time
The Pentagon wouldn't have burned
Flight Ninety Three wouldn't have gone down
The dust cloud wouldn't have boiled and churned

If I could turn back time
I'd make sure you were safe, outside
I'd made sure you were out of harm's way
Instead...now I wonder how you died

If I could turn back time
I wouldn't haved watched the t.v.
Repeated, 'til it burned on my brain
And in nightmares, the horror I see

If I could turn back time
If I could talk to you again
I'd say everything I meant to say
Scribe your words, right on my heart, in pen

If I could turn back time
If I could have one last moment
I'd beg that it would last forever
That way, it would never, ever end

If I could turn back time
You would be here, right beside me
Instead, I mourn, say "good bye" again
And relive the painful memories

If I could turn back time
Seems like no one else remembers
As long as I live, I won't forget
I write of that day in September.

"ALWAYS REMEMBER AND NEVER FORGET."

~~For Joyce Ann Carpeneto~~

(C) Karla Dorman, 2003