Berlin Stands
On the 28th storey silenced by the sight
Of steeples and monuments, towers at twilight
I gazed out the window in awe at Berlin
And thought of the war the bombs and the sin.
The City now built to perfection again
Who would think it could happen to their Countrymen
The women and children condemmed by their creed
The Jews were in hell, they were born just to bleed.
I went to the site, the memorial ground
To remember my fellowman and here I then found
Concrete slabs put in place for the jews that were lost
Concrete slabs for 6 million, the world's holocaust.
Just two thousand seven hundred slabs to recall
T'was a random number to remember them all
I weaved in and out to the sound of death's knell
As the purple black sky depicted the hell.
With shadows of darkness clouding my mind
With thoughts of those murdered and those left behind
I walked through the concrete in a fog, in a mist
T'was just 60 years when with gas they were kissed.
Then I danced on the bunker where Hitler had died
For a moment I froze as I thought of inside.
I had to move on, the memories too dark
Ghostly shivers, empty tombs, incineration stark
Yet remembered they are, 6 million in all
Each lost their paradise, each missed their call.
Copyright © Deirdre Omaidin | Year Posted 2008
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