Never Again

A poem written in honor of International Holocaust Rememberance Day. Please note, as with the Holocaust this poem is sad and slightly graphic.

The smell of burning flesh fills the air
Into pieces the young men’s souls do tear
Elderly, weak, sick and infants alike
Are found useless by the monsters and banished from this life
Shoved into the fire by the forced hands
Of the ones found strong trying to survive the Nazi’s evil plan

A shower to a naïve observer it may seem
Shiny and lustrous the deadly pipes gleam
But none of the prisoners are fooled
For they know of the savage killing machine
Piled one on top of the other
To have the most fatal power possible

Work, work, all day and all night
All skin and bones, the walking dead to the regime’s delight
Revolt and you’ll see
If you’re lucky
A bullet as your end
But to be truthful my dear friend
Many are hanged on the gallows
While others are forced to watch, their cheeks and souls so hollow

12 million dead
Many more physically and psychologically injured
By this horrible atrocity orchestrated by Adolf Hitler
Jews, Poles, handicapped and gays
Were all persecuted and had to pay
For being who they are
Yet Hitler’s eugenics say they are weak and don’t belong

The hate is not gone
It is present everywhere
Just look around these group oppression hasn’t come to an end
We continue to mend
The hearts of the affected
As survivors succumb to age
That they never thought they’d see
The time is now for us to be
Their living legacy

Never can we ever forget
זכור,זכור,זכור*
Never again

*This is the hebrew word for remember. It is pronounced zachor