Why?
"All alone, I stare at the window
Feeling my soul in me cry
hearing the painful screams of my heart
Calling silently: Why?
Why are your dreams scattered, destroyed?
Why are you put in this cage?
Why is the world silently watching?
Why can't they hear your rage?
Why is the barbed wires holding me prisoner
Blocking to freedom my way?
Why do I still keep waiting and dreaming
Hoping . . . maybe . . . someday . . .
I see above me the snow-covered mountains
Majestic, proud, and high
If like a free bird I could reach their peaks
Maybe from there the world will hear my cry . . .
Why?"
Written by Riva Minska
Feeling my soul in me cry
hearing the painful screams of my heart
Calling silently: Why?
Why are your dreams scattered, destroyed?
Why are you put in this cage?
Why is the world silently watching?
Why can't they hear your rage?
Why is the barbed wires holding me prisoner
Blocking to freedom my way?
Why do I still keep waiting and dreaming
Hoping . . . maybe . . . someday . . .
I see above me the snow-covered mountains
Majestic, proud, and high
If like a free bird I could reach their peaks
Maybe from there the world will hear my cry . . .
Why?"
Written by Riva Minska
Purpose and Theme
This poem was give an idea of what the main characters' life in The Cage is suppose to teach readers when they read it. The main theme of this story is "As long as there is Life, there is Hope." What it means is that giving up is never the answer even through the extremely hard times occurring in life. It will prove that your saying your a failure. There is no such thing as helpless, there is always someone out there to help you. The purpose of this book is to inform that during the holocaust Jews were dying each day and living through hard times, and America restored hope for them as they invaded their worst enemy.