BLOOD ROAD

We march along
 through endless darkness
 into darkness
 We tread the over-trodden certainty
 that makes
 Blood Road

Birdsong frames our lonely marching song
 As we trudge on on on
 and on
 laughing
 into darkness
 We go crying
 into darkness

The darkness almost comforts us
 enfolds
 confuses us
 It covers us
 and waits for us
 like patient parents
 waiting
 It never lets us down
 won’t leave us un-caressed

Darkness loves us
 seduces us
 preparing us and
 raping us

Blood Road
 to Buchenwald

Along this road we know our way
 The way from darkness
 into terrifying darkness

Along Blood Road we have a certainty

Along Blood Road we laugh
 and cry

Beyond Blood Road we know
 we’ll die

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