Rising from a ditch
The smell of burning flesh
Infernal heat
That will be your grave
An unimaginable nightmare
That’s where they’ll take you
You will be burned! Burned to a cinder! Turned to ashes!
Like cattle in a slaughterhouse
A truck drew close and unloaded its hold
Children thrown into the flames
Could not be real
Children whose bodies I saw transformed into smoke under a silent sky
Red flame
Tore at decaying flesh that did not respond
Devouring him bit by bit
Larger pit for adults
Humans were being burned
Not a living soul
Adults swept away by blind fate
I watched
Along with an audience of dead and dying
Clenched teeth
Death could strike at any time
Red flame
It enveloped me it suffocated me
Going to kill myself, this was the time to
My father, did not wish to see his only son go up in flames
Burning, untenable, red flame
Haley,
ReplyDeleteI quite enjoyed reading this poem. It really seemed to capture the essence of the book and the horror of the Holocaust. You had good word choice, which made it very interesting to read. Good job.
-Ben McC.
Wow Haley the phrases you pulled out of this book are all really powerfull phrases and you put them in the poem in such a way that I can really see all of the horrific things that happend during the holocaust
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