Louder Than Words By Mike Watts

'We have performed this very difficult task Out of love for our people. And we have suffered no damage To ourselves, to our souls, Or our characters .' Heinrich Himmler The newsreel spun me through monochrome hell Where suffering shadows injected horror Crushing my throat to leave me breathless. Later, in a vandalised mind, I turned to those who slithered back. The hell-booked octogenarians Whose abattoir- hands returned home Scrubbed and re-used; to bake bread, To cradle grandchildren at christenings; To flourish.

And because they'd laughed and loved, Were listened-to and smiled upon I boiled in a frustration So inflaming my cruellest side, I begrudged them breath. But time soothed, enough to realise punishment pointless. They have lived, And death could never compensate, Cleanse or sweeten a single moment Fouled by the stench of their existence, The injustice of their freedom.

Copyright © 2006  Mike Watts

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