Demetrios Trifiatis Poet Personification

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THE VOICE OF APPRECIATION

FROM MY ROOF GARDEN. PICTURE TAKEN BY ME. (C)

The Voice of Appreciation

My dearest troubled humans,

This is the bitter voice of Appreciation of old that

You are hearing

The one that, once upon a time, people much revered

But

The younger generations seem not even to know

My name.

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I remember

When all of you, on your lips my name had

When:

Children constantly appreciated what

Their parents for them were doing
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Students were thankful for what their

Teachers were teaching
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Citizens grateful were for what their

State for them was providing

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People thanksgivings were offering to

God and nature alike for taking care of

Their needs

And that

Statues were erected everywhere in my honor.
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Now, my name,

As though forbidden to be pronounced,

Obliterated from your memory appears to be

Thus

Each one of you only to himself gives credit

Forgetting that

Without the contributions of those that came before you,

Yourselves wild animals would be,

Lacking language, sciences, and numbers,

Just ignorant brutes striving in the wilderness to

Survive
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Beware,

My beloved humans,

For

If the road of ingratitude you keep following for long,

Sooner or later,

Back into the wilderness, your egotistic selves,

Inescapably you will find!
 
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©  Demetrios Trifiatis
      30 July 2016

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Alexis Y. July 30, 2016 at 12:59 PM Hi Demetrios, You gave "voice" appreciation. I heard your message loud and clear. I must say that I agree. Excellent job! A without a doubt seven:-) Alexis Demetrios Trifiatis July 30, 2016 at 1:18 PM Thanking you for your support dearest, Alexis! You very kind!

Anne-Lise Andresen July 30, 2016 at 11:26 AM - I found the word .... : -> ingratitude !!! - And that is what it's all about - we use and throw away, everything that is learned from humans beginning here on earth - Disrespectful and mindless - Great written, my friend - hugs // Anne-Lise :) Demetrios Trifiatis July 30, 2016 at 1:28 PM The word exists in my poem my dearest Anne-Lise were I say: "If the road of ingratitude you keep following for long..." I would like to thank you from my heart for your visits and comments!

Probir Gupta July 30, 2016 at 5:58 AM Apropos of what victor says, How Armageddon if none for 'good' and all is evil ... While accepting the frustration of ours, the older generation, at the 'egotistic selves', we must accept also that stress and strain of life have multiplied shockingly bringing about obvious change in the value-pattern ... It is better to avoid the wordy avenue and stay in your roof garden ... Demetrios Trifiatis July 30, 2016 at 6:08 AM Ah my friend, Probir, it seems you do not wish me interfere in your wordy avenue for you wish to let continue what is going on, namely, the change of value patterns even though they eventually lead to catastrophe! Well, I have lived the "wordy avenue more vividly than you ever could imagine. Anyway I will stay on my roof garden but still I will send down my thunderbolts!