And Then They Came for Me
The class started with the line
"First they came for the Jews"
And eyes refused to meet mine
"First they came for the Jews"
Bubbles across my desk
As I try to erase the swastika from my desk...again
"First the came for the Jews"
As babies in cribs and toddlers
Learning the Torah with rain on their faces
Stood outside our community centers
"First they came for the Jews"
I remember as I receive a phone call
from a boy, I saw become a man at the altar of the Torah
"When will it end?" he shakes
"First they came for the Jews"
And when I said nothing
Then they came for me
We are on step one
What will you do
When they reach step two?