Bring Them Back

By Sandy Scheller

He went to bed the day before
He was normal, maybe feeling torn
But something was different as he woke
He killed, he murdered, his actions spoke.

My eyes they hurt from solid tears
I’m with my mom who has no fears 
She reminds me to be strong and not be weak
And places a tender kiss on my cheek.

I’m feeling their pain the families loss 
I can not sleep I turn and toss
So I sit and I cry and I wonder why
Why  did so many Jews have to die.

Please dear G-d , how could this be          
I believe in You and I’m on my knees        
I pray this pain will go away
Bring back their souls just one more day.

Say this was just a horrible dream
Tell me, I don’t hear their eternal screams
But I know that it did and my life is in pain
These poor loved ones  were killed in vain………

Amen and amen

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Scheller is the author of  Try to Remember—Never Forget: Memoirs of Holocaust Survivor Ruth Goldschmiedova Sax. Her mother is Ruth Goldschmiedova Sax.