Materfamilias

Vrouemonument,

You are what's left of 27 000 woman and children who died in concentration camps

A mirror of mankind, erected to commemorate their courage for dying in tents

A bronze sketch of two sorrowing women and a dying child

In a place God forgot, hoping in vain, that they would in time, be reconciled

Men,

In action you were fighting the beasts of war with your revolvers, rifles and mortars

A raw violent place in the line of fire, never knowing if you'll ever see your wives, sons and daughters

You are weary of struggle in the front lines, no word of appeasement

Your only companion, the battlefield, death and your armament

Woman,

You and your children were fighting the same war, suffering indignities, starvation and loss

Sounds of children whimpering, trying to rise out of the ashes of war, carrying their own cross

You refuse to cry and complain, victorious in your affliction

Men went to die in the action, while the angel of death came for you all

-Johanna, @johannahefer