Lukas Mladenovic

 

Adapted from the poem by Martin Niemoller “First they came for the jews” in response to the poem “Danger of silence”

First they came the whites.

I was white, but it made sense so I agreed.

The others around me told me it was bad to be.

 

Then they came for the Christians.

I was a Christian, but it made sense so I agreed.

The others around me told me it was bad to be.

 

Then they came for the conservatives.

I wasn’t a conservative, but they made sense so I agreed.

The others around me told me it was bad to be.

 

But then I opened my eyes and looked at other ideas and realized that all those ideas and hate was directed at me.