Response to Poetry

" We Breathed You In " by Patti Tana is about the 9/11 tragedy. Patti Tana is saying literally we breath in the ashes of the burning people. She's saying everyone who passed away or burned in the ashes is now apart of her, apart of everyone. The author's purpose was to explain to all of the people that passed, that we will always love them and they will always hold a place in all of us. The tone of this poem was not as somber as other poems, this one was a little bit happier. She was saying, even though your gone, your still alive in us. I know this because Patti says, " my tongue your tongue my body your body. " We will never forget.