Some one mentioned the 'Holocaust' the old Jewish man said 'no' <br />Such word i do not wish to hear that happened years ago <br />Then he slowly folded up his sleeve and numbers etched in blue <br />Told of the sufferings he'd known and all he had been through. <br /> <br />A silence fell o'er one and all across the club room floor <br />And in his presence 'Holocaust' not mentioned any more <br />We had amongst us in the flesh one who had lived through hell <br />But i wish that he could have spoke of sufferings he could tell. <br /> <br />Don't mention 'Holocaust' to me with one wave of his hand <br />A silence fell o'er one and all how could we understand? <br />The agony he had been through, the torture and the pain <br />We did not mention 'Holocaust' no not to him again. <br /> <br />My heart went to that Jewish man who sought no sympathy <br />He wanted to block out his past as a bad memory <br />Don't mention 'Holocaust' to me and little else he said <br />But i could picture living soul whose thoughts were with the dead. <br /> <br />That night i did not sleep too well i had recurring dream <br />I watched the hungry slowly die, i heard the tortured scream <br />I saw a gray haired jewish man the sorrow on his face <br />And i was in another time a dark and a sadder place. <br /> <br />I woke and when i went to sleep the dream returned to me <br />Of Jewish man with tragic past who sought no sympathy <br />I see a young man in his prime with a hunger wasted frame <br />With numbers branded on his hand 'they'd robbed him of his name'. <br /> <br />Some one mentioned the 'Holocaust' the old jewish man said 'no' <br />Such word i do not wish to hear that happened years ago <br />Then he slowly folded up his sleeve and numbers etched in blue <br />Told of the sufferings he'd known and all he had been through.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-victim-4/
