I saw them take the Jews 

My strangers, my neighbours, my friends, 

But I did not fight,

I did not speak out.

 

I saw them tease the boys, 

Who held hands and kissed in the park, 

But I did not fight, 

I did not speak out.

 

I saw them hit the girl, 

Bruising her warm, dark skin, 

But I did not fight, 

I did not speak out.

 

I saw them all, 

Peered into their eyes as they cried for help,

But I did not speak out, 

And now I wither away in silence, 

Alone.