One Way Ticket

                                                                             ONE WAY TICKET

Train to take us some where far

Because we wear a yellow star

Into carriages we all must fit

All must stand, no room to sit

Slows in the station to a halt

No one's to blame, it's all our fault

Air and light come streaming in

As doors all opened with such a din

Germans shouting "All get out"

Children unaware what it's all about

Guards stand watching in a tower

It's plain to see who welds the power

Dogs all barking, some try to bite

Handlers laughing at peoples fright

Families separated into rows

Leave your belongings, take off your clothes

We all undress till flesh is clear

While guards all watch, point and leer

Heads all shaved, faces bare

The world is blind it doesn't care

"You all must wash till you are clean

Refresh yourselves, see we're not so mean"

Down a path we start to trek

Heads all bowed on defeated neck

Into a room we start to file

Awaiting death without a smile

People weep, hold each other close

All awaiting the fatal dose

Crystals poured into the roof

Ovens awaiting to hide the truth

People scream in urgent plight

Darkness comes to replace the light

Reviews

[Chris Shaw]

A brave topic to write about and you do it well. We must never forget what happened, and for those who try to pretend it didn't happen at all, I say shame on you.

Chris

[George David Hope]

Thanks for your kind words. I came up with this for a competition about darkness as it was at Halloween. I did one with all movies monsters in and also this one and thought I'd put this one in just to shake the competition up a bit...needless to say I didn't come anywhere but hey I don't care.