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What Happened Here?

March 12, 2011
By Anonymous

What Happened Here?
Our eyes opened too late
Look, look at the Fire!
Terrible Fire…
We stared at the flames
Strange-looking creatures, dressed
In striped jackets and black pants
Began to strike at us
Left and Right
Shouting
You will be Burned!
Burned to a Cinder!

Could this be just a nightmare?

We came to a crossroads
Flames, huge Flames were rising
Something was being Burned
Children

How was it possible that men, woman and children were being Burned
And the world stayed Silent?

Never shall I forget
that Smoke
these Flames
the Moments that Murdered my God
Turned my Dreams
To ashes
to ashes

Surely it was a dream…

Some of the men spoke of God
For God’s sake,
Where is God?
This is where, Hanging Here
From this Gallows

Why would I bless Him?

Man is stronger, greater
than God
I was the Accuser
I was Alone
I was nothing
But ashes

Then I felt myself sink…

It was Cold
Snow under my feet turned Red
Night had fallen

Death could strike
At any time…

The sound of a violin
A violin?
In a dark barrack where the dead
Were piled on top of the Living?
Never before had I heard such a beautiful sound
All I could hear was the violin
Hear the cannons
Bidding farewell to an audience
Of Dying men

Die today or tomorrow, or later?

The cry of a wounded animal
Groaning, Moaning
The death rattle of an entire convoy
The color of dead leaves

I could not weep.
Nothing mattered…

between Life and Death, I decided
To look at Myself
From the depths
A corpse was contemplating me
the l look in his eyes…


The author's comments:
This is a Found poem using words from Elie Wiesels award winning novel "Night". It was inspired by his experience and the sincere sorrow I felt for those who experienced these horrors then and are experiencing them now.

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