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This poem is inspired by a story written by my friends Sophie.

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(inspired by a story written by my friend Sophie)

The Germans are hunting us down 

Picking us off the streets

To concentration camps we go

But for now WE are safe 

Or maybe safe is not the word 

But as the days go on, risk grows 

We are not in their hands

Now its just a matter of time 

We know we will be found

And we were all going to die

But they all say I have a chance

Blessed as an albino.

With eyes bluer than the day sky

And hair so very light

As a German I will be spared

Oh how I yearned to be the same 

Doomed with the same fate

How could I live, knowing the truth 

They will die together 

And I will survive as a lie

As predicted we all were found

And as planed I was saved

Story was I was an orphan 

I was a German babe

Saved by a Jewish family 

They did not question this at all 

Not even a little 

But I cried out to my father 

And they slapped my face

"You are German, you don't love them!"

A new family took me in

A German family 

I now was a German

I have become what I feared most

And I still wasn't safe 

Then a series of explosions

Brought my world to an end

Fate was not fooled by my disguise

The bomb shelter was far

And with all will gone, I gave up 

I took my last breath, all alone

My fake family, dead 

And the lie that I lived ended

My real family, dead

And alone, everything ended.

Reviews

[Shaquana Adams]

This is very moving. I like the story in this poem, it's very tragic yet nicely written.

[Ranger Nadaly]

Good poem. Work on your descriptive language.

[justjenn_2u]

A tribute!!!! This is confound and touching with realistic strokes from your pen. Way to go. Write on!