Holocaust Memories

by Latorial Faison


mine are mostly
those written
in Arnie's poems
or Anne Frank's diary

children going "left"
to concentration camps
while parents go "right"
to some other Hitler's hell

young Jewish boys
growing up to be set free
to only God knows what
life, death or both

Holocaust memories tell
how real the hatred
how ugly the people
who practice it

so much time passes
between sad moments
that I can hardly feel
the joy of liberation

but I always remember
the people, the promise
lands of abundance
lives of freedom


Copyright © 2005 Latorial D. Faison