Stripping one of their pride Babies thrown into the air like Frisbees Even though they're human Stripping one of their pride their family possessions clothes home hair name cherished things was it all an illusion? -E.E.
I'm fascinated by the word "pride". I don't know if you meant this but I get a double meaning from it as I read your poem: "Pride" as in that feeling related to our self-respect but I keep hearing "Pride" as in a Pride (family) of Lions. And that makes me think about how the Jews were being destroyed as a people, a collective. One could be destroyed for being a member of that pride. something impossible to change. I also really like the sweetness of the phrase "cherished things" against the starkness of what was actually happening. Yeah, "illusion", indeed. It had to be, and still is, unbelievable, isn't it?
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I'm fascinated by the word "pride". I don't know if you meant this but I get a double meaning from it as I read your poem: "Pride" as in that feeling related to our self-respect but I keep hearing "Pride" as in a Pride (family) of Lions. And that makes me think about how the Jews were being destroyed as a people, a collective. One could be destroyed for being a member of that pride. something impossible to change.
I also really like the sweetness of the phrase "cherished things" against the starkness of what was actually happening. Yeah, "illusion", indeed. It had to be, and still is, unbelievable, isn't it?
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