Crematories Poems | Examples

Where Is God?

Dead bodies, corps set ablaze 
In the wretched crematories 
Smoke streams through the chimneys
The smell of burning flesh fills the air
What has happened?
Where is God?
Six million Jews lost
And so many left feeling 
As if they’ve been to hell and back.
Yet they are glad to have survived it,
So happy for liberation
But they will carry this horrible experience
With them in their minds forever.
All will come back to them
When they catch their first glimpse of themselves
In a mirror after so long
When they see
Their pale skin stretched over their bones
Looking like a skeleton in clothes.
What has happened?
Where is God?
How could he let something like this take place?
The phrase was said
As so many Jews questioned their faith
Where is God today?
It seems as though He is distant.
It feels like He’s far away
Maybe He is just warning us
With all of this war and chaos
Maybe he is trying to tell us
Of what this world is coming to.