To mark Holocaust Memorial Day here is the winning entry to the Ernest Levy Writing competition, written by Katie Turney.
Anne Frank’s Diary
As those years went by slowly
The days were not mine to hold
Somewhere else
Time stood still
In my silent mind
I was not that old
Closed from the outside beyond
And from the inside within me
Somewhere unfolding thoughts lay drifting
Where my mind wanders from this place
To somewhere I know
My life hung over like shadows of the moon in a dark night
I felt very much on the outside looking in
I was saved by you on that special day
You can imagine how I was afraid
I held you tight at night
Near to my heart
I kept you safe
In my little empty space
For the future one day
I began to write
A flicker of hope and light
It was too much to bear
I wished I could escape from
What I know
And open the safe door
And walk home into the light
Without any fear
Not venturing far from this room
Nowhere to hide and run
Not even shedding one tear
If only things were different
Back in those painful
Unforgiving years
By Katie Turney
