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Thru Salted Tears
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Thru Salted Tears |
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Namyh Senior Member
since 2009-01-20
Posts 988 |
Thru Salted Tears I was King, she was Queen in a land of Pearls. Science, Art and Reason were gifts we gave the world. Over 10,000 years, we ruled with tolerance while the rest of the world was bathed in ignorance. One day over the horizon, the Ocean Devils came and our world and our lives would for long lose their Fame. Lies and deceit they used without care and their weapon of submission was one called Fear. Chained to the ship and bolted to its floor, I almost perished at Death's dark door. They sold my mammy and sold my pappy, sold my sis and her two kids. I stepped up on the auction block. The man said "Sold" to the highest bid. I picked cotton and tobacco and peas and corn in the sun, twenty four seven and dreaded the dawn. Some were hung. Some were shot. Some were boiled in oil. Some just gave up and fell and vanished under soil. When men breathe Gold and Silver and inhale those smells of Power, the wind of Reason chokes and distils a poison sour. No longer are they Christian. They've forgotten friend and brother. Now, Gold is God and rules the day that enslaves one man to another. I grimaced and wiped the sweat from my brow and from my face, knowing this inhumanity to man would one day about face. Thru salted tears I visioned Africa, my heart, my land, my home where I was King and saw my Queen atop a sapphire throne; where sunbaked Pyramids on glistening sand testify the endurance of God in Man; where Temple priests of rank and file poured knowledge in our minds on the banks of the Nile. The maternal Love in the eyes of our Sphinx was civilization's progress watched link by link. These are but a few in our Chain of Fame when over the sea the Ocean Devils came. Time chews events and men then swallows, digesting the pasts of great tomorrows, gobbling the morsels off future trays and the crumbs of magnificent yesterdays. So know that the genes that did make me and the ones that now make you are endowed with survival strategies spanning thousands of centuries true. For I am the ancestor, anchored within, speaking heart and mind and sanity that one fight is the death of all attempts to dwarf our Humanity. Namyh |
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JerryPat2 Member Laureate
since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975South Louisiana |
Amazing writing! I'm not too sure they ruled a thousand years with tolerance, but that is completely beside the point. That they were king and queen was enough to demand respect, and their subjects likewise deserved to not be put in chains and sailed to a strange country where their everyday life was a living hell. Throughout history there has been places which depended on slaves to cook, reap and serve their masters. The sad fact that America became one of those nations is disgraceful. However bad we were for importing human slaves we were on the right side when we fought and freed them. I am very impressed with "Thru Salted Tears." ~*~ A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.-John Burroughs ~*~ |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
quote: Truly an impressive work, dear Namyh, masterfully expressed. We humans possess the tools for a peaceful, fruitful co-existence, but those who successfully use these tools are the minority still sadly. A powerful reminder to find life's purpose, which certainly isn't the killing of each other. Ignoring the law of love leads to destruction and humiliation of men's true essence and value. MUch enjoyed your fantastic write. Margherita "Love is the One who masters all things; |
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MorningStar Member
since 2009-10-26
Posts 290Pittsburgh, Pa |
This makes me think and feel so many things. How far we've come. How far we yet have to go. It wasn't so long ago that I would have been born the property of someone else. Seen as lesser. And unfortunately sometimes I know I still am... This was very good. It made me feel so much. A "I'll tell you how the sun rose |
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latearrival Member Ascendant
since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499Florida |
AN excellent and thoughtful piece.thank you,latearrival/jo |
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BluesSerenade Member Patricius
since 2001-10-23
Posts 10549By the Seaside |
You are a fabulous poet who goes beyond the written words. Your insight and your wisdom is captivating and so deeply felt. It's really great to read you again, Namyh. |
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Namyh Senior Member
since 2009-01-20
Posts 988 |
JerryP – By the time all the pyramids, Sphinx and temples on the Egyptian planes of Africa had been built, there was no Greece and Rome didn’t even exist. Slavery on the other hand had been around long before Man invented the gods to forgive him for doing it. So very happy this made an impression JP. Namyh |
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Namyh Senior Member
since 2009-01-20
Posts 988 |
Margherita – As a thinking species, we are indeed capable of meteoric accomplishment and skill. And yet, we can’t seem to get along with the neighbor next door or the one across the ocean. Twenty thousand years of civilization and we still walk right up to the door of annihilation and knock twice to enter. We may be technologically advanced but we are definitely often socially retarded. I like your expression “Ignoring the law of love leads to destruction and humiliation of men's true essence and value.” There’s a lot of wisdom there. Thanks for stopping by to enjoy Margherita. Always good to hear from you. Namyh [This message has been edited by Namyh (06-20-2013 11:37 PM).] |
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Namyh Senior Member
since 2009-01-20
Posts 988 |
Morning Star – We live on Earth, a tiny planet in a small solar system of a universe barely out of its diapers. The learned ones say man is about 7 million years old and that his civilization was only formed in the last 20,000 of those. We’ve only begun to come up from ignorance and haven’t gotten smart enough to become wise yet. We have indeed come far and still have a long way to go, always balancing our wisdom with our ignorance like a seesaw of survival. Thanks for feeling so much from this piece A. Namyh [This message has been edited by Namyh (06-20-2013 11:40 PM).] |
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Namyh Senior Member
since 2009-01-20
Posts 988 |
latearrival – Sometimes the poet must fearlessly step out of the box to see new perspectives that often make the untapped resources inside push those new and different words out into poetic creation, kryptonite against writer’s block or get ready ‘cause you’re about to give birth to a baby poem! Better stock up on pampers! LOL. So glad it was a thoughtful piece for you and thanks for stopping by jo. Namyh |
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BluesSerenade Member Patricius
since 2001-10-23
Posts 10549By the Seaside |
Nice |
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JamesMichael Member Empyrean
since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336Kapolei, Hawaii, USA |
Fine writing...James |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Namyh, your gut-wrenching poem says it all, portraying man's inhumanity to man in all its unbelievable truth. Owl |
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Gale Senior Member
since 2013-06-10
Posts 578Russia |
The eternal true story! Although it describes the former events, it sounds contemporary. Because still: "When men breathe Gold and Silver and inhale those smells of Power, the wind of Reason chokes and distils a poison sour." I can relate to. But I hope that one day people will realize that it's not money and their power, that rule the World, but ideas! And they will choose the ideas they like more in their souls. And they'll become free from fear, because love is that very thing which is worth of living for, not money and not power. Namyh, thank you for sharing it. |
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Michael
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Member Rara Avis
since 1999-08-13
Posts 7666California |
A beautiful testament this is. Poignant in its expressions, and its truths. Michael |
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Namyh Senior Member
since 2009-01-20
Posts 988 |
Blues Serenade – Ahhh Shucks Lori, now you got my head swelling up with your wonderful words and they are appreciated. I enjoy telling good stories that are insightful, captivating and maybe take that one fearless step beyond. It’s in the poet’s blood I guess. So very happy you stopped by so I can hear your serenade. Namyh |
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Namyh Senior Member
since 2009-01-20
Posts 988 |
JamesM – Thanks for stopping in for the writing. Glad you enjoyed it. Namyh Owl – I reiterate that men has been enslaving one another before and since inventing the gods to forgive him for doing it. As you say Owl, it’s the unbelievable truth and it is indeed a historical gut wrencher. I just wanted to write a little bit about it. Thanks for your words Owl. Namyh |
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Namyh Senior Member
since 2009-01-20
Posts 988 |
Gale – I agree Gale. What separates one man or woman from another is the presence of an idea in one and the absence of an idea in the other and the behavior each exhibits as a result while guided by a moral compass that makes saints when it’s good and tyrants when it’s bad. The dreams of wealth and power and what men will sacrifice to have them is a human hunger unchanged over centuries. Your words make hit home Gale. Thanks. Namyh Michael – Thanks for your grand words. So very glad you found this poignant along with being a ‘beautiful testament’ too. This was a labor of love with revisions you wouldn’t believe and your enjoyment makes it all worth it. Thanks Michael. Namyh |
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