NO ADEQUATE POEM WILL BE WRITTEN AGAINST THE DARKNESS OF A DIFFERENT LIFE (Reflections after reading “ To See You Again”(A True Story of Love in a Time of War) by Betty Schimmel <br /> <br />No adequate poem will be written against the darkness of a different life- <br />There are people in this world who have known horrors beyond my poor imagining- <br />Priviliged to have been safe throughout my life <br />How can I possibly understand those who saw human lives taken in an instant? <br /> <br />Millions of innocent have been murdred in this world- <br />And we live our everyday lives as if there has never been such a thing in the world - <br />Were we to constantly pay attention to the worst that there has been <br />We would perhaps curse God and die – <br /> <br />The worst has happened many many times to others- <br />As good as me or mine- <br /> <br />How I fear the incidents and accidents and not so accidents <br />In a world in which we have so many enemies who would destroy us <br />Who hate us with all their envy and stupidity <br />And who would wipe us out completely – <br /> <br />I pray to God and have faith in God and believe in God <br />But the worst horrors have happened to those with greater faith than mine- <br /> <br />The future is terrible uncertainty- <br />And I pray we will have the strength and courage and luck and blessing to not to be its victims again.<br /><br />Shalom Freedman<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/no-adequate-poem-will-be-written-against-the-darkness-of-another-life/
