Anguish
A Found Poem from Elie Wiesel’s Novel Night, written about the Holocaust. All lines are words or sentences from the novel.
Anguish
My father was crying. It was the first time I saw him cry
We had ceased to be men
Our terror could no longer be contained
We cannot give up, we cannot give up
Where is God?
I was face-to-face with the Angel of Death
Fear
Left, right, left, right
I had no strength left
Darkness
Was there a single place where one was not in danger of death?
The days became short and the nights almost unbearable
Hunger
I felt sick at heart
I no longer felt the pain
Was I still alive? Was I awake?
God is no longer with us
I was alone, terribly alone
Night had fallen
Defeat
Death
Memory
I was afraid
It’s over
