Short Macht Poems

A victim of the Holocaust
Laments so many lives were lost
Their Christian friends
Can't make amends
Although they all have double-crossed...

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Thoughts travel fast.
I am sure
they reach their destination
if rightfully connected.

Die Gedanken fliegen schnell.
Ich bin ueberzeugt,
dass sie ihr Ziel erreichen,
wenn sie direkt verbunden sind
durch eine hoehere Macht....

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Look in a mirror
notice your face
Is it you ?
or has someone
taken Your place
What do you see
explore each line,
Somewhere near
among the features 
you will find
that your face
is just a mirror
That reflects
your thoughts
and wishes
Meditate and
self-reflect
And you can do this
while doing dishes 

Do you want to hear it again ?...

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We were afraid 
Constantly 
Afraid 
They could 
Kill us at any moment 
For no reason suitable 
For taking a life 
Little food 
Little water 
Little salvation 
Nothing but work 
After all 
Arbeit Macht Frei 
Is what we lived by 
Every day 
Forced to live by it 
To have it mockingly 
Branded into us 
But 
It was all a lie 
We 
Were 
Never. 
Free…...

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Heart's silent scream
     lovers torn 
       from savaged arms

   Hunched over 
     bludgeoned into queue
       they disappear from view

    Auschwitz
      Bergen-Belsen
        Buchenwald
          Dachau ...  

    'Arbit Macht Frei'    *



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  *'Work sets one free.'
    Sign posted at the
    gates to Auschwitz
     ~ Hell on Earth....

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A sign that casts the longest shadow
It reads works sets you free
Nether a politians  prejudice
or a capitalists pay packet 
these  will not set you free
The cremation chimmney 
will still burn bright 
Whether a life cut short 
by genocide or work
theres no escape
for you and me 
the language of persecution
Knows no borders 
colour nor religon 
Arbeit macht frei 

Arbeit sieht dich tot...

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Tiefe Stille 

Die Seele schluepfte in die Nacht.
Ihr wurde Zuflucht gewaehrt,
von einer hoeheren Macht.
Da gab es keine Banners, keine Paraden,
nur vollkommener Frieden
und die Gewissheit,
das Gott ist.

Sacred Silence  

Soul escaped into the night
granted sanctuary
in the quiet essence
of indwelling spirit.
There were no banners or parades,
just total peace
and the firm assurance
that God exists...

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