Eva

//**Alle Ist Gut**//

I was sixteen But I was very old Children fell prisoner //Alle Ist Gut//

Hostile neighbors They have witness They have testimony //Alle Ist Gut//

The inhumanity Is beyond belief Children burning //Alle Ist Gut//

We were walking dead Why did I survive? The war was all over //Alle Ist Gut//

I became a human being again Liberation Was like a present //Alle Ist Gut//

I was sixteen But I was very old

//"Alle Ist Gut"// is a German phrase meaning "All is well." I choose to use it as a backdrop for this poem to convey a feeling of disbelief about what was happening. It is a phrase a parent would say to a child to help them get over a nightmare, however the nightmare that was the holocaust can not be dispelled by a few simple words. So the phrase //"Alle Ist Gut"// must be used to remind oneself of life before the war and what life should have been.