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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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Robert Lindley

Date: 9/6/2014 7:47:00 AM

A great poem that speaks to man's better part , the heart.. Yet as fallen creatures we struggle everyday. War will not cease until after the Judgment and the power of the Son is restored my friend. Man sinned the Dark Door was opened, we must wait for the Son to close it..

Demetrios Trifiatis
Date: 9/6/2014 9:10:00 AM

Thank you for commenting but I have a question, my friend Robert, till that moment comes, do you suggest that it is all right to kill one another? I do not think so!

Ilene Bauer

Date: 9/4/2014 6:48:00 PM

i nominate you to be the emperor of the entire world! i wish all of the sentiments you've so magnificently penned here could be somehow made real but i fear that they will remain just a beautiful fantasy...

Demetrios Trifiatis
Date: 9/4/2014 11:07:00 PM

As long as people do not believe in peace WAR will be the emperor! The first step to achieve something is to believe in it! Thank you for the ...nomination, dear Ilene, and thank you for taking the time to read it, I appreciate it. ONE DAY people will understand the stupidity of war and that day will be the first day of PEACE on earth! Thank you again!

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 9/4/2014 4:19:00 AM

- An important, powerful and accomplished poem - war atrocities applies to all people on earth - Torture and killing in cold blood ..... we see it every day - Enough? ..... Will it end? - Thank you for posted this write Demetrios ! - oxox // Anne-Lise :)

Demetrios Trifiatis
Date: 9/4/2014 4:41:00 AM

Thank you, once more, my dear friend Anne Lise, for your sensitivity and concern! Also thank you for your gracious comment. The war will end if we understand that it never bring solutions but only creates problems. YES! We can defeat war if we all fight for it! Probably it will take years or even centuries BUT one day humanity will wake up and see that the answer is peace!

Eileen Manassian

Date: 9/4/2014 1:48:00 AM

Excellent! Oh! If only the world would listen to your wise words, my dear poet. If only...I've tasted war. My people have gone through genocide. No one cares! The super powers play their games and the innocent suffer. So many lines of your poem are sublime that I will remark on the whole! To say SAY to peace. A beautiful dream...GOD BLESS YOU!

Eileen Manassian
Date: 9/4/2014 2:37:00 PM

Yes, my dear poet. I have written two poems about the Armenian Genocide on this sight: Never Forgotten and Through my Mother's Eyes. I have written about the war in Lebanon. Yes, we need to speak out. Bless you for being a voice for the voiceless.

Demetrios Trifiatis
Date: 9/4/2014 4:35:00 AM

Plato is right when he declares that someone understands something in the degree of his experience and knowledge. You my, dear Eileen, have witnessed war and your people, the Armenians, have been victims of genocide, therefore you understand and you are touched for you and I have suffered from war. It is beautiful to write about love, as I do as well, but I think all of us have a moral obligation to raise human consciousness to a degree as to do whatever we can to obliterate this demon of humanity! God bless you! Thank you!