The fragments of names
Of the ones we forgot.
The unidentified ghosts
Roaming the Earth, lost.
The derogatory numbers
Of the ones we forgot.
The fours, threes, and twos
Replaced ‘i’s dots.
The burnt belongings
Of the ones we forgot.
Sentimental letters and possessions
Swept away by the wind.
The final words
Of the ones we forgot.
‘Remember me’.
Photograph: Female inmates queuing for food at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp April 17, 1945. Credit: IWM BU 4013