The Jew's Song
(Inspired by 'The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas' )
My eyes still sting in shame
I fear to utter my name
Lest I be branded
Unsung and unhanded
Unmanned and unlanded
Just for being a Jew.
My history lies in ruins
My children sing no tunes
Lest I be taken away
Torn and turned astray
Battered into a block of clay
Just for being a Jew.
My breath chokes out of a chamber
A nightmare none shall dismember
Lest I be applauded
Mourned, mined and lauded
Divined and defrauded
Just for being a Jew.
----- GARGI MANDAL-MUKHERJEE
22-06-2011
2 comments:
Excellent !!
beautiful poem...have you watched Schindler's List? tht's another great movie..
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