We The Innocent

something else never to forget, maybe .....

We The Innocent

We the innocent

The nameless

Approximately

Six million of us

Give or take a few

Hundred thousand

No longer fear you

Do you hear us

Ignorant creator of

So many saints

Master of the oven

Collector of hair

Author's Note

No maybe's about it....

Reviews

[Lorry]

Give or take a few hundred thousand says so much Neville. I can just hear the defensive arguments "we were a little busy at the time to keep our books up to date. Is that a crime?"
I like to believe I believe in karma, but that same line could be used as her excuse too. I hope she managed to catch up to them all in time though.
And apologies for sticking to that line, it just echoed loudly in my head.
Brilliant.

[Neville]

Thank you ever so much my friend.. Neville

[Lydia Shutter]

Is this about Hitler? Six million killed....the Holocaust must never be forgotten. We are stronger now....but I think we still fear the thought of him. I know I do. My mom was a Holocaust survivor...the stories she and her family told are with me forever. Powerful poetry. Lydi**

[Neville]

I can not thank you enough for considering these words of mine my friend, your visit here means an awful lot to me Lydi** and particularly under the circumstances you have just shared.... Many thanks indeed.. Neville

[emmajoy]

Have visted two Holocaust museums, one in Jerusalem - Yad Vasham; the other in Compiegne. Saw not only women but men sob and tremble, heads shaking side to side because of what they were looking at, reading, They were obviously shocked by an exposure of undeniable evil. In Compiegne, an elderly gentlemen was so horrified he was sick. A while later, that wonderful man - face grey, eyes swollen and red, insisted on continuing his visit. Determined, no matter. Will never, never forget that happening, nor what i saw. How I felt, still feel.

Your words stike so many chords, are laid simply, starkly, emotionally. They're far more than a poem

[Neville]

Many thank you's for visiting these words emmajoy.. so very much appreciated and true... Neville

[angel]

t concur. Very powerful message, man. Oh, and happy John Lennon's birthday, Neville. I'm sure he would've liked you...

[Neville]

Hey angel my good friend, how very kind of ya and true.. and what a thing that would have been eh.. Lennon & Pettitt...... N

[Ken Simm.]

Ah the son of morning, the bringer of light, the fallen one. What a poem looking at just that aspect but it is far more on so many levels.

[Neville]

Morning Ken.. many thank you's kind sir... I have just returned from Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, so have had a bellyful of concentration camps and the like....never realised that these countries suffered such genocide from the early 1900's and that it lasted so long.... take care my friend... and thanks again.. Neville

[barleygirl]

This topic has been approached about six million different ways, but leave it to you to come up with something fresh & unexpected! I love that about your writing & about YOU (((NUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[Neville]

Aw.. go on with ya.. now I'm blushin all over again... Neville

[Crowley]

How can anyone involved ever greet a new day with a conscience that would allow them to move on. These exterminations, and many others like it are a cancer on history and when their are those who deny that it happened, it makes me sad for the human race. Writing like this will never let us forget. Great job Neville!!!

[Neville]

Hey Cheers Crowley, am glad you are on my side... Neville

[Ana Papaya]

and there are so many who deny or turn a blind eye to this and other evils

a very powerful write, neville

[Neville]

Many thank you's Ana, you visiting these words and your comments are both much appreciated... Neville

[Beccy]

I cannot understand or condone those who deny sUch a truth. For me. Such an attitude is on a par with the evil actually perpetrated. . Beccy.

[Neville]

I'm with you Beccy, it does tend to leave a nasty taste in the mouth... thank you so much for visiting... N

[Chris Shaw]

There are some whose ignorance exceeds all boundaries. Some who would have you believe that this never happened. To the six million who perished, you will not be forgotten. As long as there are people like you Neville, who will not allow that to happen.

Chris

[Neville]

I do not deserve such kind words Chris but neither should such atrocities be denied, or indeed forgotten.. and for your visit and support, I sincerely thank you.... Neville