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The Unknown

June 11, 2013
By Jordyn Cohen SILVER, New City, New York
Jordyn Cohen SILVER, New City, New York
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Can’t you hear them in the distance
The smoke, the fire, the tears
We will always remember their existence


How can you stand their persistence
Turning dreams into fears
Can’t you hear them in the distance


So much of the many withstand the resistance
Some may never meet, others it will take years
We will always remember their existence


God is no longer present for assistance
The defeated cries and hears
Can’t you hear them in the distance


Transports, outdistance
The yellow star, why so sheer
We will always remember their existence


Was this all done for their insistence
Terribly alone in the world nears
Can’t you hear them in the distance
We will always remember their existence


The author's comments:
This is a villanelle poem about the Holocaust.

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