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.

[Akroma]

Teared up a little...

Made better for the picture and inspiration. Thanks for sharing.

[Klyn]

Also reminds me of the movie, The boy in the striped pajamas. When the little boys ran into the gas chamber unbeknownst to the evil that lie waiting...I screamed at my t.v., "NO! Stop! Please don't go in there!" Horrible. Your write captures that same feeling of hopelessness and pain to the Holocaust. No, we shall never forget.

[Tate Morgan]

Such a sad thing and the movie was as well you do well with this

[Joe Shetina]

I'll never forget that moment when they cart her off to be burned... And this poem captures everything I felt watching so beautifully.

[SpokenWord]

I finally saw that movie not too long ago it was an amazing true story that was so sad to think that humans can be so evil toward one another. Too many times people are judged on things that they have no control over or no choice in. This particular time in our history was one of the worst to me, to try and completely wipe out a group of people on a notion that is based in pure silliness shows how long we have to go before we truly become higher evolved beings. Your pen dips in deep waters of our times reminding us so that something like this never happens again.

[Zeitgeist Manifesto]

You've ripped out my soul.
This is truly heartbreaking work.

[An owl on the moon]

What a deep sadness sweeps over the song of history in these glimpses you share. Our darkest moments.. those that can linger still... Raise us up above the scars we have left behind.

[Jeremy Baker]

This is truly a memorable scene from an excellent and heart-wrenching movie. Your poem does it justice.

[Sam Severn]

Just watched SHOAH last week, n' your poem deeply affected me...㋡

[Thomas Fitzgerald]

A shining piece that reveals the cruelty of those brough up to administer it, well done, great read.