Holocaust Prayer by Richie Schlozman

I let these tears flow

Because they are not mine to hold back

 

I let them roll down my face

Because they aren’t mine to wipe away.

 

/They are the tears

of every mother and father,

brother and sister,

son and daughter,

Forced through this place

Without time even to cry,

Robbed of even their ability to grieve.

 

Through the gray clouds above Majdanek,

I feel their souls.

Each one fighting to let free their uncried tears.

 

They weigh on my shoulders

Like an unbearable burden.

How can I cry the tears of millions?

 

But they do not weigh on me long.

Instead, they gather under me, support me,

Give me strength.

 

And they have only one request:

Never Again.

 

Never to the hate.

Never to the violence.

Never to the murder.

 

And Never to forget.

 

The sun will never truly shine on Majdanek again.

But the souls of its victims light a torch in the

Hearts of all who pass through it,

All who become witness to the horror there.

 

May it be Your will, Hashem, that all men, Jews

And non-Jews alike, carry this torch. And together,

We shall light the path towards peace. Amen.