“Concentration Camps”

It was like the sky without a sun
Games without the fun.
Life without the love
No help from above.

We would lay there and die
As the days go by and by.
Tears and screams are what we hear
‘Cause friends and family aren’t near.

Yanira McNeil
Long Beach Middle School 6th Grader

“Don’t Get Around Much Anymore”

I don’t get around much any more
I just can’t open the door.

It’s too hard for me to see
The world outside of me.

It’s fine in my home
It’s like my little dome.

I don’t’ get around much anymore
Sometimes I’m too sore.

I think I see
That I’m lost at sea.

I can’t get back
‘Cause I always get off track.

I don’t get around much anymore.

Cody Gibson
Long Beach Middle School 6th Grader

“Take ‘Em”

We can take ‘em. Be brave and we’ll sin.
We can take ‘em all. Cause all that we can do.

We have suffered our fear. We got nothing.
The enemies have come face-to-face.
We’ll have our heart on our side
But we can still take ‘em.

We can take ‘em all. Be brave and we’ll win
We can take ‘em all. Cause all that we can do.

We will have our backs on us.
We will collide the good and bad.
And that’s all we’re going to do.

Paul Batol
Long Beach Middle School 6th Grader

“We Will Never Forget”

We will never forget all that happened
We will never forget all the terror
We will never forget all the innocent people
We will never forget all the suffering
We will never forget all the helpless screams
We will never forget all the blood
We will never forget all who died
We will never forget all the hatred
We will never forget all the horror
We will never forget the Holocaust
We will never forget that one day
We will have peace.

Melanie Masino
Long Beach Middle School 6th Grader