Tyler completed another book for school and was required to develop a "project" to illustrate what the book was about. The book is called "The Devil's Arithmetic." Thought I would share with you and I hope you enjoy her creativity as much as we do!
I will never forget
I will never forget
The nightmare.
The worst kind of nightmare.
The kind that is real.
There are times
When people want to erase this terror from history.
But they can’t.
Its effect has left an indelible scar on the earth and its people.
I can’t forget
Since I was one,
Who was stripped of my possessions
And shoved inside a boxcar at gun point.
I wish to forget
How we were forced to stand for days,
In an unbearable stench
As they hauled us cross country like cattle.
I want to forget
The concentration camp.
The death camp.
Kept like an animal until the end.
It is impossible to forget
The blue numbers and letters,
Branded on my arm and seared in my mind.
Forever permanent.
I can’t seem to forget
The sunken cheeks,
The walking skeletons.
Pale faces racked with grief.
I won’t forget the people.
The families separated,
And the loved ones lost,
Because they were worked to death and murdered.
Sometimes I want to forget
The fear, the torture, the death,
But nightmares of the past are important to remember
To ensure they never happen again.
By: Tyler Prince
