Friendship From Afar (Inspire by Holocaust Victims)

It started with the harsh voices that slammed down the door Their hardened to the world gaze turned our hopes into fears The rough beaten gloves tossed us into the truck lifelessly We were no longer human just an animal in their way We entered a gate surrounded in wire All I could smell is the burning of a blazing fire From afar a young boy’s face could be seen He stood there all life drained from his eyes His clothes barely visible, frayed at the ends We stared at each other our souls becoming attached But our moment was interrupted by a beastly sounding roar The smoke began to rise like a snake weaving up a tree It filtered through the air covering the entire sky I searched for the burning source My eyes fixed upon one place My heart stopped and my hands turn to ice How could that be ……? I just hoped it would never be me…..