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' Symphony of the Worlds '
by Thaddeus Hutyra
God Almighty, you the one
whose omnipotence is boundless
forgive us, humans our mistakes
and playing with the fire across the millennia
unlike Your words of wisdom
in the Book of Genesis
We, humans, have always chosen
for extreme opposites
between the goodness and the evil
thorny love and abyssal hatred
But unfortunately the evil and hatred
have always had upper hand
Lady Justice wearing a blindfold
and balancing the scales
has not always been the winning side
in majority of the world’s countries
... even now
and is still a losing side
on the international stage
Oh, God Almighty, let’s build the new world
one of the symphony of all the worlds
on our beloved Earth
and within her motherly heart, caring heart
Let fill us with love full of pulsating hearts
on the strings of symphonic love
the symphony of the worlds
I
Born in the midst of communist Poland
in a village surrounded by mountains
Fresh air, beauty of the nature
yet poisoned by the human environment
Although the bells of the Church
are sounding loud every morning and evening
and many times on Sundays
the spectre of the communist rulers
is hanging in the air like a curse
Oh, yes, it’s a curse, a curse all the way to the sky
a curse all the way from the sky as well
‘cause all those people born in a communist country
born poor and living poor
are disadvantaged for many decades
from their Western cousins
‘cause they must yet struggle
for freedoms they yearn to
The Solidarity Movement and the Polish Pope
do everything to shake off the shackles
of the nation hurt for centuries
by foreign powers, ruthless to the core
The struggle is won, Poland emerges
as a free nation, a free country
and with her all the other countries
in the Soviet Union’s iron grip
Freedom was won but at what cost ...
Shall the millions of poor Poles
be able to overcome the divide
between the rich West and their poverties ?
Shall their counterparts
from other former communist countries
also be able to overcome the gap ?
Oh, ring us bells across our countries
ring us thunderously with the help
of God Almighty’s helping hand
II
The West as seen by the poor cousins in the East
is a splashing Universe of life
one of brilliant luminescence
city lights, city lights, nothing but city lights
love and wealth, all the other things
which shine like all the stars
on the nightly skies
But what is the picture for those
born in the West ?
Well, born in Antwerpen, a Flemish town
in complex and somehow divided Belgium
In the North the Flemish people speaking Dutch
in the South Walloons speaking French
The first ones enterprising
the other ones more socialist alike
both so different in their mentalities
like black and white, gold and silver
Yet a democracy is their litmus paper
holding them together as always
Born in Antwerpen, usually happy
having lots of friends, attending cafes
Worldwide problems are disliked
‘cause the country is too small
to make any difference
Yet there are problems of another nature
those among the local people
and immigrants from Muslim countries
- ' Why they don’t want to integrate ?! '
Flemish people are asking
never finding any answers
Oh, ring us bells across our countries
ring us thunderously with the help
of God Almighty’s helping hand
III
Born in Iraq, somehow the cradle of civilizations
in the distant past
Baghdad, the capital which had it’s own share
in the rise and fall of empires, time from time
Witnessing the rise of Iranian Islamist tyranny
after the grab of the power by ajatollah Khomenei
and other religious hardliners
the massive killing spree as a result
hangings following hangings
of innocent people there
Not a better situation in Baghdad itself
tyrannical rule by Saddam Hussein
poverty despite profits from selling petroleum
going to the few who are holding power
Then wars with Iran, with the western allies
fall of Saddam Hussein
the revolutions in the Arab world
from Libya to Egypt, to Syria
faulty aims resulting in mismatched decisions
which brought to power Islamist hardliners
notably Morsi in Egypt and his Muslim Brotherhood
their fall subsequently and return of the army
into the military dictatorship there
chances for freedoms lost
for long decades
Yet the worst did happen in Syria
attrocities by Assad, the unwanted president
and by Islamist militias
especially those who created
the so called ISIS Caliphate
a ruthless entity ruled by brute terror
rapes, beheadings, crucifictions
Nothing but terror, Islamist terror and tyranny
all the way from the cradle to the grave
Oh, ring bells across the entire Middle East
ring thunderously, with a power of the distant stars
wake up all the freedoms so badly needed
all over the Middle East, in all Islamist states
May freedoms finally surface there up
and let people breath free, no more any tyranny !!
IV
Born in the South Africa’s capital, Johannesburg
at the time there was races’ segregation
at its peak, a shame to the humanity
Then came a movement
demanding dissolution of the apartheid
with Nelson Mandela on the top
the future father of the nation
But before it happened Mandela was imprisoned
many times and served long 27 years in prison
After he was released
there came triumphant events
apartheid was ended, he became the president
Other African countries had it much worse
till the present day
Still extreme poverty, corrupt rulers
no sight of improvement of the situation
for millions upon millions of people
Devastating wars in Rwanda and Kongo
in many other African regions
Terrorist cells spreading like mushrooms
after the tropical rain
Lack of organization among the communities
a thunder after a thunder on people’ heads
as if by the thunderclap from God Himself
but no, from their own faults
Shall all those countries ever break out
of never ending vicious circles
out of poverty and misrule ?
Oh, ring us bells across African countries
ring us thunderously with the help
of God Almighty’s helping hand
V
But … what about the present day world?
The terror, Islamist terror at its peak
taking place all over the Middle East
and some parts of Asia
threatening to be exported to the West
Is the communism now substituted
by the rising Islamism ? A Clash of Civilizations?
The so called ISIS Caliphate
is a slap in the face of all modern civilizations
as are all those other numerous terrorist organisations
Yet not so long ago
there was the terror attack
on the satirical magazine Charles Hebdo
Why was it done? Why in the West ?!
No, we all are Charlie ! Je suis Charlie !!
Another terror is being experienced
by the Ukrainian nation
which is trying to regain a dignity
Yet the Kremlin thugs with Putin on the top
are sowing seeds of war in order to bring down
and subdue the Ukrainian nation
What could be done in this case?
Ukraine must be free, no matter what, for sure
Perhaps there happens a miracle
Putin is gone and all his spymasters too?
Or perhaps there is a U-turn
on all sides involved ?
Russia and Ukraine joining
the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
ending this way the conflict Russia-Ukraine
and eventual worldwide nuclear conflict ?
Just imagine this free pact all the way
from San Francisco and Vancouver
via Brussels, Moscow and Kiev
to Vladivostok in the Far East of the Russian Federation
how beneficial it would be
for all sides involved and the world !!
Oh, ring us bells across the world’s capitals
ring us thunderously with the help
of God Almighty’s helping hand
Oh, God Almighty, let’s build a new world
one of the symphony of all the worlds
on our beloved Earth
and within her motherly heart, loving heart
‘ Symphony of the Worlds ‘ by Thaddeus Hutyra
© Thaddeus Hutyra 29/01/2015
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