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Necro Draconis
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since 2000-05-19
Posts 115


0 posted 2000-05-24 08:00 PM


Can anyone tell me why?

Can anyone tell me why,
My ancestors had to die?
Can anyone tell me why,
My ancestors had to lie?

For in the past they did live,
And a chance you did not give.
For they believed different than you,
Does that make their beliefs not true?

They lived here so long ago,
Hoping no one would ever know.
They finally found a place to stay,
And instead you made them pay

They lived their lives to the fullest,
Always thought to be the cruelest.
They never once hurt a soul,
But you named them the crucible.

They lived their lives in happiness,
But soon their minds were filled with shamefulness.
For are they the ones that you should blame,
Didn’t you ever feel any shame?

Through the thick and the thin,
Their souls never once knew a sin.
They once lived such a happy dream,
Only to have it end in a dreadful scream.

As you tied them to a stake,
They prepared for their bake.
They once lived such happy lives,
Now all that’s gone as the last witch dies.





 By Necro Draconis

© Copyright 2000 Ryan Kruse - All Rights Reserved
Joel the wolf
Senior Member
since 2000-04-06
Posts 1333
Angels Camp
1 posted 2000-05-25 01:47 AM


Very true so many were burnt at the stake, what a tragedy, to the American people a dark time in our minds.
So frightened of what they don't know they kill.
I feel the flames in this poem, and you do.

Joel..

 I howl a mournful song, that echos within my chambered heart, for all to read? nay for all to feel.

Night Chica
Junior Member
since 2000-04-06
Posts 39
Vermont
2 posted 2000-05-25 04:52 PM


This is a tragedy and what Joel says right; it is a dark time in American minds.  And the sad thing is that today people still are persecuted in this country.  Not as bad as the so called "witches" were, but people are still afraid of what they don't understand.  

Your poem is a reminder that innocent people were wronged and should be a wake up call to people who treat others cruelly just because they do not share the same beliefs.

Wonderful poem with a great message.

Megs


 I was never one to patiently pick up broken fragments and glue them together again and tell myself that the mended whole was as good as new. What is broken is broken- and I'd rather remember it as it was at its best than mend it and see the broken places as long as I lived.

-- Margaret Mitchell

Isis
Member Ascendant
since 1999-09-06
Posts 6296
Sunny Queensland
3 posted 2000-05-25 06:53 PM


My heart aches for the injustices that happened in American history, so much pain.  The native indians, the negro's, the civil war etc.  In one respect buddism is right, we must honour our ancestors, so many americans do not.  It is a sad thing to witness, and is so evident in your current America, all the problems with guns and violence.  It can be such a scary place.  We can hardly understand it here in Australia.
My heart goes out to all who suffered at the hands of racism and unjustice.
Wonderful work  

 I'll tell you this...... No eternal reward will forgive us now for wasting the dawn.....
~Isis~
(Goddess - Sovereign of the Spirit)



Isis
Member Ascendant
since 1999-09-06
Posts 6296
Sunny Queensland
4 posted 2000-05-25 06:54 PM


My heart aches for the injustices that happened in American history, so much pain.  The native indians, the negro's, the civil war etc.  In one respect buddism is right, we must honour our ancestors, so many americans do not.  It is a sad thing to witness, and is so evident in your current America, all the problems with guns and violence.  It can be such a scary place.  We can hardly understand it here in Australia.
My heart goes out to all who suffered at the hands of racism and injustice.
Wonderful work  

 I'll tell you this...... No eternal reward will forgive us now for wasting the dawn.....
~Isis~
(Goddess - Sovereign of the Spirit)



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