The lost bewildered eyes
would melt any human heart.
The little hand is clasped
by the mother’s loving grip.
Stand in line! Stand in line!
the harsh voice commands
cutting as sharply as a whip.
Doctor Mengele’s gaze falls
like a shark upon its prey.
One gesture and the child
is taken away, the child
with the lost bewildered eyes
that would melt any human heart.
would melt any human heart.
The little hand is clasped
by the mother’s loving grip.
Stand in line! Stand in line!
the harsh voice commands
cutting as sharply as a whip.
Doctor Mengele’s gaze falls
like a shark upon its prey.
One gesture and the child
is taken away, the child
with the lost bewildered eyes
that would melt any human heart.
