"Nazi Soldier Poem"
Driving through the streets
Seeing people in poverty.
My fellow Germans,
In our once democracy.
Our once blue sky
Gray in despair.
The feeling of sadness
Is in the air.
Air raids commencing
At dawn's first light.
Leading the squadron
All through the night.
Guarding the Fuhrer
As he gives his speech.
His talks of victory
Are very discreet.
Now, he plans to
Eliminate the Jews.
I am outraged
By this terrible news.
My mind struggles
To determine the right and wrong.
As this war comes to an end
I hope the pain won't last long.
Even though I've
Fought many fights.
The battle in my mind
Keeps me from sleeping in the night.
Years have past
I'm now old and frail.
My actions from my past
Stray me from life's trail.
Seems like yesterday
I was only a soldier.
But now I realize
That I'm just getting older.
The events that haunt me
From my past,
Like the Holocaust and Kristallnacht
"The Night of Broken Glass."
Now I've told you my story
May you be a little bolder,
But now you must realize that I'm
Nothing but an old Nazi soldier.
-SM
"Just One of Millions"
I was just one of millions bringing
Myself to hear the words of Hitler.
He told us to blame the war on England
But he was nothing short of a swindler.
I pondered upon his powerful speech
And wondered 'bout every word.
Till I decided to join the Nazis.
So my voice, too, could be heard.
My first command was to rid the streets
Of those who wore the yellow star.
So quick a painful death they'd meet,
But yet it seemed so far.
Those who stood and watched in awe
Would have never known the pain.
Except, the haunting events which they saw
Would never leave their brain.
As I led to the chamber the masses
Of people who trembled in fear.
I hear still the echoes of choking on gasses
And see still the millions of tears.
Being near the living dead,
I'd hear of lost hopes for dreams.
What I'm part of, I'd more than dread.
Because it's far more worse than what it seems.
The screams of pain I still hear today
Haunt my every memory.
And the ghosts of the past that won't go away
That I desperately wish I could unsee.
-DC