The train of terror
Emptied its human cargo
Onto a simple siding
Wretched, weak,and weary
No clues, mistaken optimism
Personal possessions
Items dear to those present
Diamond rings, everyday things
Discarded forever
Lines of lost souls
Awaited their fate
Two walks ahead
Two tracks
Two different outcomes
The strong singled out
The weak
The young
Women with babies
One final walk
Horrifically hoodwinked with...
The promise of a shower
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Author:
The Retired Bloke (
Offline) - Published: December 6th, 2018 04:00
- Comment from author about the poem: This poem was written following our disturbing visit yesterday to Auschwitz-Birkenau.
- Category: Religion
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Comments4
Do the birds sing there yet? It's said they don't (or didn't). It's said too, that in hell, the punishments match the crimes, but eternally, so.....
Never been but it really disturbs me just the thought of it all.
A place of sheer silence that oozes gross fear -- no space is daubed deeper with ghosts of poor victims - - A well-crafted verse of saddest reminders that evil used lies and deceit to achieve - - What a haunt of a read.
Thank you. A very emotional place to visit...
What an awful place ti must be, I have never been there but those I know who have come back deeply affected by the place.
Very good moving write.
IT MUST NOT HAPPEN AGAIN!!
The most disturbing place I have been in my life. The mission of the place now is to educate people to make sure it doesn’t happen again.
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