She Lights Our Path
“This poem shows the significance of the young girl in the red coat in Schindler’s List…she represents the strength of the Jewish people in a time of helplessness. She represents the bravery of the Jewish people in a time of terror. And she represents the light for the Jewish people in a time of darkness.”
In a world of black and white,
and a pin clasped to each of their hearts.
We try and shield our children from the truth of our world
But we are too overwhelmed
by the hatred and spite
The color has drained from life on our earth,
where we once hoped for acceptance of all
Leaving behind some empty, and afraid,
but the others
wanting nothing but Aryan births.
and one by one the pink disappears from our cheeks
the green washes away from our eyes
the red is licked away from our lips
and as the tears wash the color away
our faces are left streaked.
We walk through our world in our black and white clothes
the flowers wilt and crumble like dust
our lives are burning all around us
and I look up to the sky
as ash falls onto my nose.
In a world of black and white
a little girl lights our path
clothed in a red cloak she walks down the ghetto
and teaches us to see the color in everyone
not just feel the hatred and spite.
