The Banquet At Cajamarca, Atahualpa, Peru

The Banquet At Cajamarca, Atahualpa, Peru Darkness reigned that day, its blades slashing Blood flowed its red, death its might flashing The holy enlightened, in their feasting elan' Frenzied with greed murdered again and again Massacre - born, demon-fed influence Wherein greed met a savage confluence No doubt that somewhere there was gleaming gold And for that armored saviors, their souls sold! Light and history records that foul deed More the pity that they had massive greed Kind that fears not, shedding innocent blood And upon heathen ground cast a red flood Dare one ask, where light, love and mercy fled As that day even the stones flowed with red No price too steep to reap golden treasure Did it to such heroes it give pleasure! In this savage world such was forgotten No blame laid on those so truly rotten Men of prowess, deepest faith and true hearts Darkness of which greed's hands so oft imparts They that murdered for gold and power While feasting in their false golden towers Shall not God's true judgment ever evade For true justice demands a price be paid! Darkness reigned that day, its blades slashing Blood flowed its red, death its might flashing The holy enlightened, in their feasting elan' Frenzied with greed murdered again and again! Robert J. Lindley, Dark Rhyme Note: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_events_named_massacres November 16, 1532 Cajamarca, Atahualpa, Peru Cajamarca massacre ~2,000 The Battle of Cajamarca was the unexpected ambush and seizure of the Inca ruler Atahualpa by a small Spanish force led by Francisco Pizarro, on November 16, 1532. The Spanish killed thousands of Atahualpa's counsellors, commanders and unarmed attendants in the great plaza of Cajamarca, and caused his armed host outside the town to flee. The capture of Atahualpa marked the opening stage of the conquest of the pre-Columbian Inca civilization of Peru.