Can he save her?

Inspired by the movie Schindler's List. May we NEVER forget!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Does he see her

the girl in RED

with a pretty head

not yet an adult

but already guilty

it's because she's a Jew

made ragged and filthy.

Can he save her

 no he cannot

your war she fights alone

uncertainty bestowed

innocent and forgotten

roaming around

her dinner now rotten. 

Will he help her

perhaps so

with a one way ticket

her destiny awaits

a chamber of false hope

a showered genocide

made with hydrogen cyanide.

Can he feel her

cold soft baby skin

she's not hurting now

made forever young

poisoned little lungs

in this world

her life went unsung........ 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reviews

[Shelley Holt-Lowrey]

Oh this is perhaps the most painful part of that entire film. And he never even knew she was. Saddest part of all. This speaks to the innocence of so many lost to cruel tormentors. Evil which destroys beauty in the name of... I cannot even fathom the what. Powerful piece. And so harshly yet beautifully described. They all deserve this kind of tender remembrance.

[Muse]

I can't watch that movie without choking back a few tears. I watched the boy in the striped pajamas the other day...just as tragic.

[Lyn Anderson]

This poem gave me goosebumps. Your writing really touches me. I feel blessed to have found you.

[lee von cleef]

The why, and you tap, the target , one pointing finger at a time right into our hearts......right into the flesh....cut my nails to the quick...and oh they walk on by.....

[silentvoice]

NO WORDS NEEDED a REAL poem

[Muse]

thank you.....

[David Scott]

I could hardly get through Schindler's List... The inhumanity of man to our own kind is evidence that this world is not going to last. I loved that now her life is not "unsung". We sing the life of the ill fated by remembering their loss, (our loss).
I will say that I believe that one day we will all see that her life and all of human life will be called into ballance and the tally shall be a fair one...
Thank you for this touching write Muse!
Be well.

[Nautili]

Horrible....hatred for race, religion, sexual orientation, etc...is the lit match to the gasoline that ignites destruction.....

[Bobbie Coelho]

I was drawn to poem by the title and when I saw the picture, I had to comment, Muse. This is such a powerful, yet passionate poem. Do you mean God won't save her? But he didn't hurt her, the mad people did, and that is something we all have to bear in mind: this can - and does - happen EVERYWHERE.

[Muse]

it was directed towards man kind...will he...can he...save her? But once again....he turns his back on his own. Thank you for that wonderful review.

[Kristallo]

This is an unerringly powerful and tragic theme you attempt to capture with such grace and empathy here; the girl in the read coat... I have seen Shindler's List many times (In Hebrew school and in public school) it is so deeply moving and heart wrenching each time I see it. You've captured the moment with masterful poetic finesse here, sending this beautiful and doomed little girl to the gas chambers that stood as the only hope of escape at the end of each hopeless day... the ending is perfect, so haunting and poignant. "In this world her life went unsung..." Brilliant poem, Muse.

[Muse]

thank you yes...I felt compelled to write about this...we must NEVER forget.

[Blue Ivory]

Beautiful poem! I didn't watch the movie. But I love the way you told the story. I can tell it must have been touching. Made me realize a lot of things.

[MIB]

This poem has such an impact on you when you read it, it makes me feel so angry that our world cannot co-operate, and everyone wants to be one up on everyone else... Very powerful.