Eighty Years Ago
Eighty years ago, the horrors
Mesmerized the world
As Nazi flags came down
To never after be unfurled.
The captives held at Auschwitz,
Walking skeletons, at best,
Didn’t have to speak; their bodies
To their torture did attest.
It seemed incomprehensible,
But through the years I’ve learned
That people’s inhumanity
Has somehow since returned.
Or, being more realistic,
It has never gone away
Nor ever will, until the planet’s
Final dying day.
Today, though, let us recognize
And honor those who lost
Either families or lives
At much too monstrous a cost.
*Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day
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