“For the dead and the living,
we must bear witness.”
[Elie Wiesel]
YELLOW
STAR
Jane Doe
Made for shame
Worn with pride
This band on my arm is mine
Yellow star
Scream out loud
Who it is I know I am
Number me
Strip me down
Make me face a stone brick wall
Fire shots
Laugh it off
It’s not me you’re shooting at
Keep me round
Let me starve
Skinny, skinny I become
Voices whisper
Hands reach out
Screaming
Yelling
Fighting
Silence
Survival.
…
As the Nobel laureate
Elie Wiesel
warned
years ago:
TO FORGET
A HOLOCAUST
IS
TO KILL
TWICE
…
