The Goodness and Cruelty of Man Selma
Again another MRI, the clacking sounds -- the injection of dye
It’s been awhile with covid on the rise
And vaccines found and given now inside and outdoors
The radiologist sent me to 7 pm and changed it to 4
I believe he found me an easier ride
Even the oncologist allowed the change and I am forgiven
As I worked to get my husband and I vaccinated to survive
My spine is aching and there is stinging in the nerves
I try a few exercises, Lodine, read and observe
But now I have read every night about Selma
A young Jewish Resistance Fighter and Ravensbruck Survivor
Who bleached her hair and changed her name
As she became in the Netherlands and Germany a spy and driver
Became sick and saw horrors when sent to a detention center
Where she was forced off and on to do unspeakable chores
Kept her name Dutch made it Christian, still there were tormentors
Angry cruel prisoners and the sickness and cruelty of the SS
They were prisoners of war and murdered but not quite the same
As what was done to the Jewish population in Hitler’s name
I finished it last night and held the book in my hands
Trying to comprehend the cruelty of man
And think upon my little problems with kind nurses and techs
Scientists working to get a vaccine to help humanity
X-rays and blood labs smiling faces and kindness
She living in her 90s and wrote this book I read
So many starved, cold and sick and dead
Then I knew no more complaining only helping whenever I can.
Copyright © Linda Milgate | Year Posted 2021
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