Blitzkrieg (Lightning War)

Death March-
dragged mercilessly by our tired bodies
from one ghetto to another,
in torturous conditions which might kill us before their bullets.

Displacement -
permanently seeking safety amidst the blitzkrieg
that is exploding up our homes,
hoping our compliance and obedience
will buy us back our lives.

But with constant armoured attacks
and unprovoked air assaults,
which are killing thousands by the bomb -

I beg of you Hitler,
to end this lightning war,
let it strike my shattered heart
so I can leave the burning fire of this holocaust,
and fight for freedom no more.

Saffie
24

6/7/15

*club challenge to write a poem as a prisoner or a guard in Auschwitz.. but must include a German word.