I hear the Nazis' footsteps,

They're at the back door.

It scares me

Because I know what they're here for.

They want to take us away;

They want us to die.

My mother, beside me,

Silently begins to cry.

I want to run;

I want to run away,

But the Nazi soldiers block each passageway.

They order us outside

And into a waiting car.

The concentration camp

I8 not very far.

They pull us out of the car

And into a cell.

They pushed me so hard

That I stumbled and fell.

I am not hurt,

Maybe only my pride.

I hope I don't end up

Like those who have died.

Every morning

I wake up and pray

That God will help us

And release us some day.

We work all the time

From morning till night.

We work until the moon

Provides the only light.

It's been a mouth,

maybe two,

Since I arrived here

With all the other Jews.

"The war is almost over,"

I heard the Germans say.

They will free us now,

Any day.

They're finally here;

We're Finally free.

Everything is going to he normal

Like it used to be.

That's not true;

It will never be right.

Too many people

Have fought their last fight.