A Writer's Dream of Freedom
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Anne Frank
in a dusty old Amsterdam attic
Anne Frank finds refuge
outside the menacing Gestapo
seeks wordsmiths to persecute
Anne adds another page to her diary
memories of Frankfurt
blurred by pains of hunger and fear
her pursuits tempt Gestapo
if Anne played an instrument or sang opera
She’d be saved merely to entertain
fear makes her a prisoner of the pen
starving artists in hiding leaning on each other
seeking strength to continue
but Anne is alone
are more souls needed for the death camps
must writers trade pens for weapons
late is the hour as Anne's eyes strain to stay open
as she drifts off, the attic’s doorknob turns
Copyright © Carolyn Devonshire | Year Posted 2017
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