Poems ----> Art
As I Watch
Up The sun beating on me The job of guarding is sorrowful Day after day I see crowds of Jews disappearing The pain to them is unnecessary Help is needed, but I just can't I don't believe in this Can't help, just can't help Gloomily, I stand here Every night There are fewer and fewer Dropping like flies Day after day Fewer and Fewer And then none |
Dreadful Work
I stand here Not by choice But by command My mind is dull For in front of me I behold dozens of children's bodies I bury them one by one My son also breathless, cut off It was dreadful to see and perform such a chore I cover them with dirt as trying to put out a fire I feel out of sorts for hour after hour More children's cold bodies approach me I don't have a choice It's a command If I don't do I die |
Our Last Steps
Our footsteps crush the grass when in the fields Deliberately the faces of our families are turning ghostly We need to work, we want to live Fellow jews work hard for their lives But, us we just can't As we stroll back in forth The work gets disheveled The pain hits us When the soldiers whip us We can't take it Why? What did we do? We don't need to experience this torment Our eyes turn blurry as the pain spills in It shoots through our legs and arms Our hearts fill up with aching cramps Before we know it, our faces touch the cold ground We are being dragged They believe we are dead We are truly living by a thread To tired to move and tell them we are alive The group of us can feel heat rising towards us We knew what was coming, we tried to talk The words didn't come out, our throats too dry Before we knew it the fire was inhaled into our bodies We squirmed, and shriveled Our souls were slowly let out Finally death was upon us |
Works Cited
David Olère Burying the Remains of Children. David Olère Burying the Remains of Children. Web. 13 May 2015.
"Destruction of the Jewish People." Destruction of the Jewish People. Web. 13 May 2015.
"Gassing." Gassing. Web. 13 May 2015.
"A Holocaust Art Exhibit." A Holocaust Art Exhibit. Web. 13 May 2015.
Unable to Work. Unable to Work. Web. 13 May 2015.
David Olère Burying the Remains of Children. David Olère Burying the Remains of Children. Web. 13 May 2015.
"Destruction of the Jewish People." Destruction of the Jewish People. Web. 13 May 2015.
"Gassing." Gassing. Web. 13 May 2015.
"A Holocaust Art Exhibit." A Holocaust Art Exhibit. Web. 13 May 2015.
Unable to Work. Unable to Work. Web. 13 May 2015.