Saturday, January 14, 2012

BABI YAR


THEY RAN TO THE RAVINE
TO STAND AMONG THE DEAD
WHICH THEY SOON JOINED

IF THEY LOOKED UP
THEY ONLY SAW HATEFUL FACES

IF THEY COULD HEAR
ABOVE THE WAILING
THEY HEARD CHRIST KILLERS
AND OTHER NON CHURCH LIKE SAYINGS

THEY HAD BEEN TAUGHT
THAT JEWS WERE CHRIST KILLERS

THEY LIVED OUT THEIR FAITH
THEY FELT JUSTIFIED

SO THAT GROUP AFTER GROUP
OF CHRISTS WERE SLAUGHTERED

YOUNG
OLD
MALE
FEMALE
IT DIDN’T MATTER

THEY FELT LIKE
 THEY WERE EXTERMINATING
 BUGS

SO THEY KILLED BOTH LARVA
AND MATURE INSECTS

THEY FELT LIKE
THEY WERE EXTERMINATING
THINGS
 THAT HAD NO RIGHT TO EXIST

THEN THEY SAT IN CHURCH
HEARING THE SERMON
LITTLE CHILDREN
LOVE ON ANOTHER

I WONDER
IF THEY CALLED TO MIND
A MISQUOTE OF JEREMIAH

IF ONLY
THEY HAD KILLED ME
 WHILE I WAS IN THE WOMB
THEN MY MOTHER
WOULD HAVE BEEN MY GRAVE
SHE WOULD ALWAYS
HAVE BEEN WITH CHILD

WE ARE ALL GUILTY OF IT
JUDGING PEOPLE LESS THAN WE ARE

BE IT WEALTH
KNOWLEDGE
RACE
FAITH

ANYTHING WHICH MAKES THEM DIFFERENT FROM US

BUT CHRIST IS THE ULTIMATE OTHER
WE ARE ALL SUBSERVIENT TO HIM

HIS WORDS ARE
CLOSE UP BABI YAR
LET THE GRASS GROW

NEVER DO IT AGAIN

FRANK A VOLLMER

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