Perhaps someone here has seen my son?
Where can I find him?
His son running beside me
Continued to run in front
Distance
He wanted to be rid of his father?
Free himself of a burden
The end was near
Survival
Never to do what Rabbi Eliahou's son has done
Night had fallen
Sons abandoned their fathers
Without a tear
Detached
Have mercy!
-A/N- Thank you for reading. Even though I did not get a perfect grade on this in school, I wanted to share it anyway. :)
P.S. I really recommend reading the book Night to have a better understanding of this poem.
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Abandonment
PoetryThis is a found poem based on the book 'Night' by Elie Wiesel. The novel explores Eliezer's experience in the concentration camps at Auschwitz and Buchenwald during the Holocaust. I was inspired to write about the inhumane way sons treated their fat...
