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First of all, I would like to suggest you to change the digits into words. They don't work well with all these words.
Anyway, like Fortis has said, this poem lacks diversity in terms of word structures. Hyphens, semicolons, ellipsis - these punctuation marks can help make your poem more alive. Italicising words that demand emphasize, giving a bit of indent before starting a new line are all the choices you can use for your own benefit.
Try to start with small things when it comes to big issues like this and expand them. A stanza of four lines can be quite small to contain a powerful message. For example:
14 years ago, I was 2 months old.
Small, fragile and clueless.
Unknowing to the hate and dangers
throughout our entire world.
If we take this stanza alone, we wouldn't know how does it tell us about the 9/11 event. Putting some subtle hints would do the trick.
Fourteen years ago, I was a couple months old -
small, fragile and clueless.
Unknowing to the deaths and miseries
stemmed from hatred and cruelty of this world.
See? Readers would start to question, "Oh my god, what happened fourteen years ago that he mentioned about deaths and miseries? I need to read more." They would want to know what happens next because while this stanza explains what might happened, it didn't tell them what had happened. There's a difference.
14 years ago, over 3,000 people died.
Three thousands sound so statistical and specific that it loses its general purpose. Using "thousands of innocent people" instead would invoke some kind empathy to those who died.
Anyway, keep up the good job!
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