Ilona Martonfi
At Ground Zero
buried in rubble
one branch still alive
last living thing to get out
of the Towers
gnarled stumps
trunk blackened.
Now after ten years
in a Bronx nursery
finally returning home
this spring
third week of April
white blossoms
in Lower Manhattan.
ii.
She remembers,
burned and torn paper.
The voices.
People falling.
Blocking out the sun.
The video of the remarkable story of this survivor tree, barely survived the 9/11 attacks, can be found at on YouTube.
JONAH magazine 
