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Never Again?

March 20, 2016
By Ilse_Spiro GOLD, Palmer, Alaska
Ilse_Spiro GOLD, Palmer, Alaska
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;Do you know the difference between an error and a mistake? Anyone can make an error, but that error doesn&#039;t become a mistake until they refuse to correct it.&quot;<br /> -Grand Admiral Thrawn<br /> Heir to the Empire, by Timothy Zhan.


Never again?


Never Again,
Strong words
For a terrible event

Never again,
Will we let children die
Parents watching hopelessly

Never again,
Will we wait so long
And let things get out of control

Never again,
Will humans exterminate
Men, women, and children

Never again,
Will we discriminate,
People based on religious values

Never again,
Will we let humans
Mark other humans like animals

Never again,
Will we dehumanize
And deprive other people

Never again?
We say it so surely
Like it is a fact

Never again,
We say, so softly
While ISIS discriminates

Never again?
While they kidnap
And kill

Never again?
While they bomb
And shoot

Never again?
While we wait on the side
Watching innocent lives fade

Never again?
While they mark
Other humans like animals

Never again?
While we watch on computers and phones
As yet another life is lost

Never again?
Then what are we doing?
To stop this horrible act

Never again!
Said the victims
Of the Armenian genocide

Never again!
Said the victims
Of the christian persecutions

Never again!
Said the victims
Of the Holocaust

Never again?
Are we still so sure
We can keep this promise

Never again,
The cruel lie
The world will never see


The author's comments:

In school we are reading a book about the Holocaust. Horrible events, that I think could happen again.


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