at a time when everyone around was going mad
when the whole world was glass breaking
you brought us food, hid us in your rooves
your cellars, your secret rooms & attics
we were your neighbours & unlike the too many
who looked away, or actively joined in
you concealed, aided, resisted, sheltered, smuggled
despite risk of your own death
despite your whole family bearing collective
responsibility for your compassion
you did not abandon when you were needed most
when the whole world was glass breaking
you brought us food, hid us in your rooves
your cellars, your secret rooms & attics
we were your neighbours & unlike the too many
who looked away, or actively joined in
you concealed, aided, resisted, sheltered, smuggled
despite risk of your own death
despite your whole family bearing collective
responsibility for your compassion
you did not abandon when you were needed most
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