Scared Of His Own Shadow Poems | Examples

Take the Test

The theme from Schindler's List
moves us to tears, or it should do.
Pity there’s not a genetic test for, 
cold indifference,
moral weakness, or self-justified evil.

Go on admit it, that SS uniform 
was really cool for its time.
My father was an Irish Jew - go figure.
Pity there's not a lie detector
for all the thoughts we dare not say out-loud.

The clinker in the gas chambers
has long cooled.
The German race is gracious,
kindly and considerate.
Minds can get sick, nations get sick.

The artful must take away our power
to keep more power for themselves.
It’s the same all over.
Such people are the most fearful.

Hitler was scared of his own shadow,
and so he should have been.
If you are frightened of your shadow
take the test, the ‘shadow test’.

There's a reason you hide it from yourself.
You can never be sure
if your shadow is greater than you are.