They Stole My Dignity and My Name

They stole it

From me

The name

My Mother used

To whisper

In my ear

When the nights

Exploded.

They stole it

From me

The family

I Clung to

My hope

My future

My dream.

They stole

It from me

The childhood

That was supposed

To be full and

Innocent.

They stole it

From me

The home

I once knew

Warm and secure

And for what hate?

They stole it

From me

The pieces of my

Dignity.

They tried to

Steal my Faith too

Break me down

Until

I stopped

Believing

But G-D is