The Newmans

Grandma remembered only a few disjointed verses
of the thousands she wrote as a child,
gone up the chimney in Holocaust smoke.

This is the sad part of life,
that things treasured are lost forever.

Grandfather's Iron Cross, awarded for World War I service -
well, that too was lost in the Holocaust confusion.

This is the sad part of life,
that some things cherished
may not having been worth keeping.