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THE  DAY   WE   MET


O cursed was the day we met in Auschwitz   
God had forgotten us  that day    
Another  day of hell     
The brief candle of daylight was snuffed away    
Through the walls of steel
In this prison-coffin  built
O cursed was the day we met in Auschwitz   
What was our guilt ?


O hateful the day we met  in Auschwitz   
When  dawned their hatred  for us    
Out of the darkness    
   -In their twisted animus
   -Out of their  hands of bloody butchers  
   -Out of their  hearts of cold steel
O hateful the day we met in Auschwitz   
To whom could we appeal ?


O hopeless the day we  met  in Auschwitz   
Many more  this day  would be dead  
And see no dawn tomorrow     
All our yesterdays  -  fear and dread  -       
Pharaohs had pursued us from time immemorial
From  Egypt,  Russia,  Gerrmany
O hopeless the day we  met  in Auschwitz 
Could  this day  end  only in  infamy?


O hopeful  the day we met in  Auschwitz  
Where in  the day’s mist I found you    
Wandering within barbed wire  wearing  stripes     
Just another skeletal female jew
Until  I saw you smile
The darkness was pierced by sun
O hopeful  the day we met in  Auschwitz  
Should I again allow my sand of time to run?


Oh joyful was the day we met in  Auschwitz    
God was so good to us that day  - by chance 
The darkest hour was just  before dawn   
My  hoped-for  deliverance    
From the  walls of pharaoh’s butchers
Was found In your smile warm and embrace
Oh joyful was the day we met in  Auschwitz    
Can time this  memory  ever efface  ?

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Written for Paula Swanson’s    BESEECH   contest
By Sydney Peck

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