there stands a park
green grass grows
pigeons coo and hobble over rain-saturated ground
the trees are green with lichen
already looking aged and wise
students walk by
businessmen with umbrellas
and an old woman digging through the trash
even the trees didn't see the sadness here
the suffering and
the dying.
all that stands is a flat metal line
MUR GHETTO 1940
GHETTO WALL 1943
the grass has moved on
the trees give new leaves
new life begins and others forget.
but the earth knows the loss
gathers it in her hands
and whispers to those who stop to remember
green grass grows
pigeons coo and hobble over rain-saturated ground
the trees are green with lichen
already looking aged and wise
students walk by
businessmen with umbrellas
and an old woman digging through the trash
even the trees didn't see the sadness here
the suffering and
the dying.
all that stands is a flat metal line
MUR GHETTO 1940
GHETTO WALL 1943
the grass has moved on
the trees give new leaves
new life begins and others forget.
but the earth knows the loss
gathers it in her hands
and whispers to those who stop to remember