You can see in his eyes
the day they pulled the men
from cattle cars,
shot them in front of the women and children…
the day his mothder
scolded him, at age six,
to be mute.
Abraham, the boy who
saw all these things,
did not speak a word until he
came to America at age 33.
I lived through the Vietnam War,
saw all those things soldiers
did to the other soldiers
in front of the women and children,
did not speak a word.
Pray then, grandchildren, for me,
and little Abraham Feldesm