Literature
Holocaust
Holocaust
Twenty steps. Now, nineteen steps,
Each step brings me to my death.
I see chimneys spewing smoke.
To the dark sky it rises.
To the front, the pit of hell.
People lined single file
Crying before they're consumed.
Struggling. Burning. Dying.
To the left, a steel wall
Guarded by thick steel thorns,
"Abandon all hope" they say.
To the right, Germans watching
And waiting for us to be burned.
If one escapes, they will kill
With their guns. They are like beast.
"Abandon all hope" they say.
Fifteen steps. Now fourteen steps,
Should I die by the fire?
Or run and be killed by guns?
Eleven steps. Now, ten ste