Thousand Year Old Woman
By Goldie Jacoby
I have seen too much!
a pandemic not!
Am a Holocaust child
must give it all that I got!
Was in hiding for years
Hunger, lice and fear
No one would help us
Lost childhood, so dear.
So now I am asked
How Is confinement to me?
Not remotely the same
I have freedom you see!
Wake up each morning
The sun shining bright
The flowers in bloom
And peaceful the night
Take shower each day
Make breakfast for me
No hunger no fear
I am free! I am free.
NEVER AGAIN
By Goldie Jacoby
NEVER AGAIN !
IS NOT JUST A WORD
IT MATTERS TO ME
THAT THE UNIVERSE HEARD
AGE SIX, I WAS TOLD
THAT I WAS A JEW
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
I HAD NOT A CLUE
THE CHURCH DOORS BURST OPEN
THE CHILDREN RAN OUT
DIRTY JEW! THEY WOULD SCREAM!
NOT DIRTY! IN TEARS I DID SHOUT!
THE SLAUGHTER BEGAN
I HAD NO CLUE
WHY ARE WE HIDING?
WHAT DID I DO???
THE QUESTION NOT ANSWERED
I HAVE SURVIVED!
AN ADULT I AM NOW
NO REASON DERIVED
YES! WE ARE JEWS!
SMART, WISE AND KIND
WE GIVE TO THE WORLD
WITH HEART AND WITH MIND.
WHY DO YOU HATE US?
DO YOU REALLY KNOW?
AN EDUCATION WOULD HELP
YOUR EMPATHY TO SHOW
NEVER AGAIN!
I WILL SING THAT SONG
I AM A PROUD JEW
TO HATE US IS WRONG!!!