advent in auschwitz

ADVENT IN AUSCHWITZ

WHAT PASSING BELL

FOR THOSE WHO DIE LIKE CATTLE

SO SINGS THE POET WILFRED OWEN

OF SOLDIERS

KILLED

IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR

WHAT PASSING BELL

FOR THOSE WHO DIE LIKE CATTLE

WHAT PASSING BELL

FOR THOSE WHO DIED

AT AUSCHWITZ

BERGEN-BELSEN

TREBLINKA

NOT THE ONLY DISASTER

TO HAVE HAPPENED

BUT THIS HAPPENED

IN MY LIFETIME

TO PEOPLE

SOME OF WHOM

BORE MY LAST NAME

DID NOT MESSIAH

ROAM THESE CAMPS

CRYING

THIS IS NOT RELIGION

BUT

HATRED

EACH ONE WHO DIES

DIES AS CHRIST

EACH ONE WHO DIES

IS A LILY IN THE FIELD

BELOVED BY ITS MAKER

EACH ONE WHO IS SHOT

GASSED

STARVED

HUNG

BURNED

CRIES OUT

WHERE IS YOUR RELIGION

THE JEWS CRY FOR A MESSIAH

CHRISTIANS CRY FOR A MESSIAH

PEOPLE WHO KNOW HIM NOT

CRY FOR A MESSIAH

BUT HE WILL NOT INTRUDE

HE MADE THE WORLD FOR US

GAVE US DOMINION

BECAUSE WE WOULD PREFER TO EAT THE FRUIT

HE GAVE US DOMINION

MAKE IT WORK

HE SAID

YOU WANTED DOMINION

MAKE IT WORK

I TREASURE

EVERY LILY IN THE FIELD

GARDENER

TEND YOUR FLOWERS

FRANK A VOLLMER