Joshua <br /> <br /> <br />My name is Joshua <br />I am 18 years old <br />I have dark brown hair <br />And chocolate colored eyes <br /> <br />But I am a Jew <br />I am the person who is part of this inferior race <br />And here I am, carrying this repulsive mark <br />The criminal of the century <br />I am a wild animal <br />Unable to understand the meaning of patriotism or loyalty because of my religion <br />I always have to hide and steal in order to survive <br />Living through the pain and knowledge that my family was sent to Auschwitz <br />It’s like Death is staying in front of my eyes <br />Coaxing me to leave with him <br /> <br />But my death will not be so soon <br />I will not let myself fall <br />Into those blood-thirsty Nazis’ hands <br />If I have to die I will die a valiant death <br />I will die knowing that I brought one of those savages down <br />At a time like this <br />Staying alive is not important <br />What is important is how to die <br /> <br />Joshua’s Brother <br /> <br /> <br />I have a nose, two eyes, a mouth, and two ears <br />I have no disabilities <br />Why am I at this camp then? <br />Why am I treated with hostility then? <br />Why am I striped of everything I have? <br />It is because I am a Jew. <br />Because I am a Jew I have to see millions of people die <br />I see all of my loved ones slowly dying <br />Their faint heartbeat <br />Their fading eyes <br />Haunting you <br />As you think it has come to the worse <br />They are suddenly taken away from you <br /> <br />People think that hope will help save my people <br />It will not <br />I have seen each person in this camp come and go <br />There is no hope in this camp <br />There is only pain, as you see your loved ones <br />Leave one by one.<br /><br />Grace Miao<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/two-brothers-separated-at-war/
