Mara Coblic (Remember the Name)
The pain, the suffering, the lacerations unjust,
as were the lovers who turned to dust.
My lament to you isn�t the first of its kind,
but tears can�t see and justice is blind.
You�ve probably never heard my name,
which in a way is as fair as my ignorance to yours.
This common ignorance is cause by shame,
that is sharpened by refused responsibility that deplores.
It�s a relationship that took never place,
and could have potentially inspired billions.
Alas, we never met because of those without disgrace,
who shot, slaughtered, and burned millions.
Now I�m just part of an unknown statistic,
when I should have been the source of many people�s elation,
How can so many people be so sadistic?
Turning my potential into gloom for an entire generation.
If all it takes for evil to grow,
is for good men to look the other way,
then at what point does a good man know,
he is just as evil as the men he refuses to portray?
If these nazis have a conscience
I wonder if it�s guilty,
With all their cleanest people nonsense,
I wonder if they realize they are the ones who are filthy.
The things I saw killed me,
long before I died,
As the images surrounded and filled me,
they forced out everything else inside.
I was a feeble minded eight year old,
who felt love for whatever I saw,
Then the nazi killed my dad cold,
and my mind and heart bled raw.
At first I loathed and hated,
I even contemplated resistance,
Alas, only so many emotions can be felt,
Before you only have your very existence.
They stripped and beat my mom in front of me,
Then raped her until she was lame,
And because she could no longer move,
They tossed her lifelessly alive into the flame.
They stripped and beat my mom in front of me,
Then raped her until she was lame,
And because she could no longer move,
They grabbed me and did the same.
They stripped and beat my mom and me,
Then raped us until we were lame,
And for no other reason besides we were jews,
They tossed us into the flame.
They killed and defamed my family,
As I burned I felt no pain.
Because the last thing I saw before I died,
Was a german officers eyes without a glint of shame.
At that moment I knew there was a higher power,
And I could clearly tell,
That although my life ended sour,
I was headed somewhere better, and these men were eternally dammed to hell.