Tuesday, January 28, 2025

Socialist Sonnet No. 179

Memory Moving Forwards

 

The road thus far from Auschwitz-Birkenau

Continues being paved with good intentions,

Although there are frequent dissentions

From notions of human rights, even now.

Too many fingers ready to point out

Those who are to be considered others,

No matter they be sisters and brothers,

Even if unrelated by blood. Doubt

Does not seem to bother the demagogue

Who savours every bitter word spoken,

Yet has no words to mend a world broken,

Fractures they would conceal in night and fog.

Look for a fresh way, don’t just follow orders,

Choose the road less travelled, beyond borders.

 

D. A.   

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