It Was The Stories Told in Silence (Poem)

It was the stories

Told in silence

Whispered in

Hush tones

Sad secrets

To painful to tell

To important

Not too.

It was the

Stories

Whispered

In hush tones

Of that time not

So long ago

When hatred

Had a vice grip

On a large

Portion of the

World.

It was the

Memories

Of a hatred

So powerful

It tried to destroy

An entire people

A time when

A three word label

Jew,

Meant a

Sentence of

Torture

Depravity

Starvation

And death.

(C) Michelle R Kidwell

September.04.2020