The Holocaust

By Lisa

 

I am an American

I live in America

They take me

from my home

from my job

 

I am an American

I live in America

They take me

from my friends

from my relatives

 

I am an American

I live in America

They take me

to a Concentration Camp

a place

where I have not been

 

This place,

large

old and

suspicious

 

Scared

Scared about not seeing

loved ones

 

Scared

they might hurt me

keep me

forever

 

Scared

how harsh

they could be

 

A shower

is waiting

I wonder

"Why?"

 

Ancestors

from Russia

they think

I am bad

 

Why?

 

What makes them think

I am different

they look through me

to find ancestors

 

They lead me

to showers

I wonder

"Why?

 

 

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