WWII Poems
By: Nolan Dunn
Nazi Victim
They came for the communists,
and I did not speak up
because I wasn't a communist;
They came for the socialists,
and I did not speak up
because I was not a socialist;
They came for the union leaders,
and I did not speak up
because I wasn't a union leader;
They came for the Jews,
and I didn't speak up
because I wasn't a Jew.
Then they came for me,
and there was no one
left to speak up for me ....
and I did not speak up
because I wasn't a communist;
They came for the socialists,
and I did not speak up
because I was not a socialist;
They came for the union leaders,
and I did not speak up
because I wasn't a union leader;
They came for the Jews,
and I didn't speak up
because I wasn't a Jew.
Then they came for me,
and there was no one
left to speak up for me ....
Paraphrase
The nazis literally targeted everyone, there wasn't one person they truly liked. When the nazis actually came for this mans kind they were the only kind left.
Shift
"Then they came for me"
Finally the nazis have decided it was his time after seeing all these other groups get taken away