My Struggle
Kristin Hanser
Mein Kampf--
not Hitler's story
but the holocaust's story
not the hope of the Aryans
but the crushed dreams of the rejected.
Mein kampf-
to splash through murky waters in a fog of despair
to carve the throat of a young nightingale learning to sing,
the stem trying to grow when its petals are wilting,
sunken eyes trying to sparkle.
mein kampf--
to breathe though the air is poisonous
to remember love when life is drowning in hate
to remember to dream when fate is carved
on the arm of a child.
Mein kampf--
My struggle.
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