The black smoke
Commotion outside, dare not take to window,
men on streets i here, roar of mechanical machines.
doors splinter, cries of old and new.
Tears fill, emotional torment,
dire straits, confusion.
need it be we go, safe it is to stay.
packed bags heaved slowly awaiting carraige.
Packed loaded locked and hot,
better place its said.
journey long tensions high,
sweat drips from head, nights cold,
wheels squeel to a hault.
sunrise fog covers distant buildings,
grass with morning dew,
separate families go, new suits dont keep me warm.
hair no longer long. triple beds with shaven head windows none.
strong men fall to beatings unseen,
toilets laid in solid floor one by one.
Running games each day were played iron fence to keep us safe,
work we did. skinny were we, tremble and weak.
taken a many to doctor yet never seen again.
No shoes, no socks, no food all’s lost man found face down in water troff.
Men with SS stamped in there arms shouting fear in to our ears tears fall once more.
father is gone now, im all alone.
summers breeze after winters end,
a cool shower we go to wash are heads.
many men are here right now no windows one door.
its cold, i don’t feel to great, shower heads are silent.
lights turned off and people are shouting were scared.
roof top opens and glimpse of man with mask appears.
like pepper from a canister dust it falls along with cans.
its horrific as we inhale particles of poison burning as i no longer can inhale,
death is not pleasant.
many souls watch as there bodies freeze and die.
a watchman through the peephole not a tear in his eye.
taken are our bodies, shaved Are our heads.
Gold is extracted from our teeth,
fire it burn burning now, black smoke bellows upward in the sky.