Sense Sonnet - Acher

Wolf Children

The "wolf children" of World War II
Were children separated from
Their German parents and left to
Try to survive the perils to come.
The war was coming to an end,
And clear that Germany had lost.
German families did descend
To being hated at great cost.
Some parents made their children go
To nearby forests there to hide,
And live like wolves for a time, so
Were victims of a sad divide.

Some were reunited, some not.
The "wolf children" never forgot.