Willy Brandts Gesture

Willy Brandt was the German Chancellor Who mended fences after the Second World War A journalist during the war who fled To Norway and Sweden campaigning against the Nazis instead There were many things he did to make amends For the blood the heartache and dead in the end On 7 December 1971 he visited the Warsaw Ghetto Where Polish Jews were pushed together with no where else to go A hell on earth where death was a normal show A place where the Nazis killed and destroyed in their flow The world looked on as he went to his knees Praying forgiveness for these horrible deeds Later in 1971 he was given the Nobel Peace Prize As the world looked to cut these deeds to size It is said the Brandt knelt for all Germans To pray for these souls lost at their command As the years make these memories fade We should remember such men and hail them in our bade And when evil is set to dwell on this earth Hope that we have such leaders to deny them any girth. © Paul Warren Poetry