Dresden

How lonely sits the city,

Quiet now after the buzz,

Of aircraft tearing up the sky,

Evaporates in the smoke,

 

The tears of a people,

Abducted by the furious,

Violence of a demagogue,

Stream in the skeleton of their homes,

 

Are they evil people?

Do they deserve their fires?

It is hard to hate the stricken,

They are victims as well,