Humanity's Curse
1.
Yesterday night,
To the shrilling winds of history, I listened to,
Telling me tales from centuries past,
Horrifying stories of hate, suffering and
Distraction
Of killings unending
Of tortures untold
Of pain unimaginable
Of rivers of blood
Of seas of tears,
All works, of appalling
War!
2.
I asked myself isn’t it about time, humanity
Overthrew the reign of this wrathful tyrant,
This soulless dynast of human consciousness,
This relentless torturer of loving hearts,
This destroyer of dreams and aspirations of so
Many generations of the innocent?
3.
Hasn’t the hour come yet to put an end to the
dreadfulness of war?
How many more centuries have to pass, for us to
Stand up and fight this monstrous slayer?
How many more countries have to be destroyed?
How many genocides have to take place before
We ready would be to:
Bar hatred
Ease suffering
Stop the distractions
End the killings
Eliminate the tortures
Alleviate the pain
Dry the rivers of blood and
Evaporate the seas of tears?
4.
Aren’t we ready yet, to SAY,
Enough to agony,
Enough to fear,
Enough to death?
But
Yes, to care,
Yes, to compassion,
Yes, to universal brotherhood?
5.
What are we waiting for to
Erect the structures of understanding?
What will it take to make us pave the highways of
Friendship?
What more do we need to build the bridges of
Love and compassion?
6.
Let us, therefore, create, NOW,
These structures,
These highways, and
The bridges that will permit us to:
Eliminate our differences,
Resolve our disputes,
Find solutions to our problems,
Give answers to questions that have
Haunted humanity since its birth,
Thus, at last,
We will glorify God and Man alike
By
Establishing the kingdom of blessed
Peace on earth,
From this moment onward and into
Eternity!
© Demetrios Trifiatis
04 SEPTEMBER 2014
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