The Buchenwald-cat
a couple is walking ‘hand in hand'
on historical grounds
they're not talking
in disbelief of what invisible
yet so present
overwhelmed by the deadly silence
of the spirit
of hundreds of thousands
passing by also
so long ago in an eternal way
moved
by exhibited drawings
miniatures of art
by witnesses back then
only the sound of countless stones
under their feet cracking
each representing
the forceful presence
of whom once were here
even the birds left the area
only a black-and-white cat
living another one
of his of his endless lives
coincidentally or not on this spot
sneaks also in silence
with his body
crawling us
telling us
so much more
poem by Ellie Daphne van Stralen
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