A Carthusian : Maidanek

A Carthusian

Maidanek

Turnips, beet, were growing through human skulls;

Cattle tramped the bones while feeding among

The long barrows of charred human remains.

Rows upon rows of barrows, millions burnt

For the crime of hinerited blood. “Devoid of faith

In God ruthless evils men inflict

To ensure their social ideals!” He stopped in select

A charred, slender bone as relic. This

He kept a remainder of all that horror, the depth

Of deprativity to which men sink through lack

Of religious feelings for God and the children of God.

How can one ponder the intolerable weight of guilt

For murdering a single human being designed.

Created, sustained by the loving will of God!

And here not one but millions slaughtered! The mind

Reels on the verge of insanity in dread

Of divine judgement. We feel to close to those

Who killed their conscience by genocide: we too

Could take the path of evil and where it leads

We know: down to Satanic depths of pride

Where heinous sins elate the deadest heart…

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For : Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski

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Illustration : A Carthusian