After reading and reviewing the journal entry by Charles V. Ferree, I was able to imagine what life was like when WWII took place. This poem was based on the journal entry, and the liberating concentration camps.

(American soldier and liberated prisoners)

Source:  https://www.ushmm.org/information/exhibitions/online-exhibitions/special-focus/liberation

 

Today is the day.

I step foot into Dachau.

I see prisoners being beating,

I see dead corpses all around me.

The site is horrifying.

I investigate the location,

Not knowing where to go,

I hear the firing of a machine gun,

Not knowing where it is to come,

I look to my left and see prisoner lined up.

Bodies pilled against one another.

While battle is still going on,

Rifles are still going off.

Here I stand,

In disbelieve,

Not able to take in what I have just seen.