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I Will Promise You This
January 22, 2014
Your grievances were not for naught, my friend
I will promise you this.
When your words became whispers,
Silenced while their brandings blistered,
And the truth, it festered
Under the lies and sickness of a bastard,
And this bastard, he stole,
Your country,
Your home,
Your heart,
But not your soul,
Only every stone you ever owned,
Please show me,
In your beautiful writings,
All that he left you:
Your soul and its sufferings.
Write, of your pain
Please, write it for me
I want to hear, not to sneer
But to feel what you feared.
© Megan M., Rives Jct., MI
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loveisntreal GOLD said...
on Jan. 30 2014 at 12:55 pm
oh my god...you are soo good! :)) i love it so much. i am really inspired by you. have a great day and keep writing forever!
Wow, thank you so much for sharing your story with me, and for all your nice words. It must be really amazing being able to talk to someone close to you who witnessed all of the events of that era firsthand. It is incredible to me the magnitude of suffering that had to happen because of pure prejudice and evil during that time, and how the suffering still happens today, in different forms and through different means, even for the long-after generations of those who went through it who hear the stories and empathize with their family members. I think of all of the pain and fear that people like your great-grandfather and his father have had to go through, and I feel like exactly what you said, one of the worst parts is that along with the Nazis taking their lives, which is horrible enough, they also destroyed that last bit of them we could have had left, their conciousness down on paper, their writings; all of their remaining contributions to the world, gone. But the beautiful part is that they still live on, like right now, through people talking and listening and passing on their stories. I absolutely don't mind you sharing my poem with your great-grandfather, and thank you so much for everything you wrote! It means so much to me to know that someone can relate to something I've written; it makes the whole process so much sweeter. Thank you again :)
bluewallflower BRONZE said...
on Jan. 28 2014 at 6:59 pm
This has literally become one of I'm favorite poems. I'm not just saying that. This is really good. My great grandfather and his family were Russina Jews living in Poland during WW 2 and nearly his entire family died at the Dachau concentration camp. He and his older sister were the only survivors. He's like 95 now. So I can, in a way, relate to this poem. My great grandfather's father was a writer and professor at a university in Warsaw but he was eventually fired because he was Jewish and shot by Nazi sympathizers before he could be sent to a camp. According to my great grandfather, when they were sent away, the Nazis went through the house and burnt all of their furniture and books, his father's writings included. It's sad to think that no one will ever read them. I'll have to show my great grandfather this poem.If you don't mind that is...Other than all of that, it's wonderfully written. Everything flows together so perfectly! Thank you!
that was beautiful and i also like how well that flows. also, i think its really nice how you "tell" the people who suffered that it was not nothing. it was very well written, and i dont have anything negative to say. also, kinda off topic, i notice you live in menlo park. i live near Daly City ^_^ (probably will never befriend you nor we will ever meet face to face, but i thought that its kinda cool
