Today, 27 January is the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz and is Holocaust Memorial Day.
How could they dream of a better future
drinking the watery soup,
behind the ghetto wall
How could they see a better future
through the bitter tears
through the dark trees at Auschwitz,
through the smoke of the crematoria
But a better future did come
The monster was slain
and peace came to the land
while signatures in San Francisco
proclaimed the rights of all
and everyone said never again….
How can we dream of a better future today,
knowing of Rwanda and Bosnia and Cambodia
listening to lies from the powerful,
reading of vicious hatred all around us
How can we see a better future today
when we see the child in the ruins crying
when we see the powerful smirking
when we see so many apathetic faces
We must hope for a better future
imagine one to make it happen
we must learn the bitter lessons
of our own broken history
The ghosts from the camps and the pits
are demanding that we do better this time
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