Adapted from the poem by Martin Niemoller “First They Came for the Jews” in response to the poem “Danger of Silence.”

First they came for the Orphans

and I did not speak out

because I was not an Orphan.

Then they came for the immigrants

and I did not speak out

because I was not an immigrant.

Then they came for people with mental illness

and I did not speak out

because I did not have mental illness.

Now when will they come for me because I was to busy or too indifferent to defend my sisters and brothers.

https://www.ted.com/talks/clint_smith_the_danger_of_silence?utm_campaign=tedspread–a&utm_me