Why We Will Overcome Covid19
I
Siblings, we will overcome, COVID-19
And most anything by growing as human
(Jennifer Proxenos's POTD inspired my writing)
Again about this pandemic in perspective
II
Remember the American Indians?
Yes Hernan Cortez and Francisco Pizzaro killed many
But many more were killed by Cortez' germs
The flu, the STDs, and especially smallpox
III
O the Americas were depleted of teeming Aztecs,
The Maya also pyramid builders (Mexico & Guatemala),
And the wonderfully organized Inca, in Peru
Despite topography with cliffs & highlands
IV
They have not all gone, or been killed
Without livestock and chicken, the pox
Was like God's vengeance, angst like never before
But "tribes" survived, and became a PEOPLE now
V
We shall survive. The Indians had De Las Casas,
A conquistador, a conqueror become Priest (Catholico)
Who lobbied the Crown to stop the carnage:
BLACK LEGEND? Yes, to force diseased folk to work the mines
VI
In 1588, good Queen Bess, bested Philip II
And all the gold and silver stolen from Indians
Did not stop the "Protestant Storms" on The ARMADA
1588, and twice more: 1596 & 1597. God uses Queens!
(c)Deo. Shalom, shalom &Hallelujah. God is Good, We're a work in progress.
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