The Final Solution

The Holocaust was the German persecution and murder of six million Jews by the Nazi regime under the rule of "Hitler." 1933-1945. Die Endlosung means the final solution. The Holocaust's project name.

Pajamas; blue and white

empty gazes

skin pulled tight.

Sunken eyes 

bruised printed skin

Wistful lies

and heartfelt sins.

 

An evil leader

close to immoral,

a black hearted cheater

with a pointless quarrel.

Taking the lives of the innocent souls

with death camps and torture does he control.

 

 

Guns and bombs

weapons to kill

songs of psalms

don't have their fill.

 

A flag of hope

for the Jew's nation

a way to cope:

the American creation.

Of freedom for all

with civil rights

for the future calls it

the Holocaust fight.

 

It was finally over

Hitler had failed

Peace was closer

and victory prevailed.

 

Alas what was done had been done.
And for the second time, 
The allied had won.

 

Die Endlosung

The final solution.

 

 

 

Author's Note

I edited this poem to a more descriptive version.
comments and criticism are welcome.

Reviews

[Maggie]

I remember being seventeen and studying the Holocaust in school. A very tragic part of human history that will repeat itself again if we are not careful. Thank you for bringing this terrible atrocity to light.

[Strider Marcus Jones]

A fine poem. Nice rhythm. Well penned and brave to tackle such a traumatic and tragic period in human history.

[Justsimplyjulia]

thank you for the kind review!
-Dragon

[Coyote Poetry]

WW2 was a sad time for the human race. Hitler than Stalin killed million for control and hate. There were many more leaders in Europe. Bosnia used the war to kill off a whole religion. Not Jews. Thank you for sharing the excellent poetry.
Coyote

[dreaming dame]

Written with skill, I'm not one to find flaws, therefore I've none to mention..
It truly was a pointless quarrel, I'm glad it's in the past...

[Keith McCormick]

I thing the first few stanzas sync, and I am agreeable and very sympathetic to the message. I have a astounding story to relate from personal historical recitation if you are interested otherwise if you might be interested.

[Ravyne Hawke]

This is a topic close to my heart as a history buff. I like that you took on this huge subject and was able to break it down into small individual stanzas of understanding. The first stanza really dragged me into this piece for its rich imagery. And then the 2nd stanza lost that imagery flow and was more telling than showing. The third and forth stanzas are again full of imagery and the last few stanzas again lose the imagery and are tell not show. I think a little work on maintaining the imagery throughout this piece could really tie things together and make this poem richer in descriptions.

As is, this is still a good poem and still peaks my interest for the subject matter. Good job.

[Justsimplyjulia]

your comment really helped and I will be sure to see to the changes. you can check them over and let me no if it's anybetter

[Ravyne Hawke]

You did an amazing job of adding imagery and still maintaining you rhyme scheme! I love this so much!