Send My Moses

my grandfather
once told me a story
about something that
happened long ago
about a man
named Moses
he led his people
out of slavery
led them to
the Promised Land.

but here I am now
trying to stay alive
They took us on a train
and brought us to this
dismal place
that stinks of blood and death
They took the babies
and the grandparents

and the skies were
filled with smoke that night

They split the men and women up
shaved my hair
took my clothes
gave me rags to wear
in the biting cold

I cry to God at night
when I am surrounded
by many, too many, sleeping women
I ask God where my Moses is
what did we do wrong to deserve this?

an answer doesn't come to me
my heart is filled with silence
too many people have died
and I'm too young.

I am a Jew
not of Aryan descent
and They brought me here for what I am
not for what I do
not for what I say.

please, God, send my Moses now
my lips whisper into the still air
please, God, take me away from this
tears fall from my dark brown eyes
please, God
send my Moses
send him to set me free.

-I went through a Holocaust phase when I was in the eighth grade. It makes me froth at the mouth of how cruel They were and how many people They killed. Schindler's List is the best movie in the world. I don't care if you don't watch rated R movies, this is one EVERYONE needs to see once they're old enough to understand.-