Ace Poems Nick Armbrister with Shy Lhen Esposo

Otto became famous after shooting many planes down.

Attention soon focused upon Shy.

Somebody mentioned her Jewish grandparents.

They were long dead but their blood lived.

It flowed in Shy's veins.

Evil worked behind the scenes.

When Otto was preparing to lead

the Luftwaffe's most perilous wartime mission, they came.

You are part Jewish.

You will come with us.

If you resist, you will be shot.

Shy and her son were taken by the Gestapo to a Konzentrationslager.

Both would soon be murdered.

Otto's fate was sealed too.

In war, love endured but flesh was burnt.