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 homeless

and I did not speak out

because I was not an homeless.

Then they came for the disabled people

and I did not speak out

because I was not disabled.

Then they came for the old people

and I did not speak out

because I was not old.

Now when will they come for me

because I was too busy or too apathetic

to defend my sisters and brothers?