Then They Came for Me

I shudder to think who is next…

First they came for the communists,

and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a communist.

Then they came for the socialists,

and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a socialist.

Then they came for the trade unionists,

and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a trade unionists.

Then they came for the Jews,

and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a Jew.

Then they came for the Catholics,

and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a Catholic.

Then they came for me,

and there was no one left to speak for me.

Alternate ending…

Then they come for our prenatal brothers and sisters,

and I didn’t speak out because I was already born.

Then they came for our elderly,

and I didn’t speak out because I was young.

Then they came for me,

and there was no one left to speak for me.