Defending Democracy

Oh Democracy, You, most desirable bride among political systems, Your suitors have been many throughout history, In every part of the world, you were the one They were after But You have declined their proposals, despite the fact All of your suitors were so charming. With great honors tried to win you over by Putting your name next to theirs for to allure you to Sanctify their biased politics, Thus The oligarchs The Despots The Tyrants The dictators The totalitarians, among others, All Have declared themselves your fervent admirers, Your ardent devotees to you and to Your eternal principles By Wrapping themselves in your heavenly gown and Calling themselves your beloved ones But You unyielding remained for you knew so well That no-one has succeeded to measure up to the ideals Your wise father, SOLON,** has set And To the glorious values with which he has nurtured you, Those superb principles: Of Virtue Of justice Of ethics Of freedom Of equality Of autonomy Of self-knowledge Of responsibility Of lack of self interest Plus The paramount devotion to the common good and to the Happiness of the people you serve! It is for that reason, you, oh Democracy, Seldom have shown any favoritism to any of your suitors, For all fell short of your lofty aspirations Thus You were, unfortunately, for very lengthy periods of time, Abused, Mistreated, Neglected, Subjugated and Exploited by your pretenders: The immoral The unjust The dishonorable The Ignorant The power thirsty The war mongers The money seekers, Who Chose to ignore all that you stood for and openly Disregarded the common good and the well-being of The people they supposed to serve For to promote their own interest and those of their cronies And by doing so Have been ruining the chances of any true democratic society to Be established For that reason, oh Democracy, I understand you now Why a spinster, you, have chosen to Remain! © Demetrios Trifiatis 07 April 2019 *I am officially a candidate for the European Parliament with the " Enossi Kentroon " party "Centrists' Union". In the photo ( right) I shake hands with the Honorable President of the party, Mr. Vassilis Leventis . The party is represented in the Greek and in the European Parliament. Elections will take place on the 26th of May. Long live democracy, true democracy! ** The wise Solon, 7th –6th centuries B.C. was the theoretician that established Democracy. Solon considered the pillars of Democracy to be Justice and Virtue, which as you see from my 2306 poems I try to serve! *** This is an older poem which I have edited.