Generation Next

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Thanks for sharing. I like some of your phrasing. I don't like the tile, sounds like a non-profit or think take. 

Hello, 
I'm a newbie. However, no need to be too gentile and kind... :-) 

Thanks for any and all help. 

Generation Next 

I am a prayer,risen <- space
from tattooed numbers
burned blue into the future <- Clear image
Auschwitz and Dachau,
Europes's shtetles and D.P. camps. <- I had to look up shtetles and DP Camps as well, maybe italicize to let the reader know it's specific. 
Death inhaled from grey ashes. 

I am the scarred remnants, 
burdened with life, 
attached by birth to burial <- is there a reason why burial grounds is split?
grounds, fragile memorials
bone mountains. 

Kneeling on holy ground, 
stilled breath, smoky air, 
I carry the hallowed memories
into generation next. <- I don't love this stanza. The imagery above is very strong, this doesn't seem to match its power. The narrator would carry more than memories, there would be inherited trauma shaping culture. Strengthen this stanza and it will be a very powerful piece. 

Blessed. Cursed. Eternal.