First They Came-2022
“First They Came-2022”
By David Shadrick
(A re-write of the Martin Niemöller poem)
First they came for the Muslims
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Muslim
Then they came for the Mexicans
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Mexican
Then they came for the Blacks
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Black
Then they came for the Native Americans
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Native American
Then they came for the queer guy
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a queer guy
Then they came for the Jews
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Jew
Then they came for me
And there was no one left
To speak for me.
