Wrought Iron Helmet Placed Daintily, - for the weather
Everything of Need Packed for the Conquistador
Voyage of Thousand Miles in Treacherous Waves
To the New World, of Hope and Promises
Of Riches Beyond Reckoning.
A Land Paved by Silver and Built by Gold
anchor falling in tranquil water, reverberates.
The coming of the Conquistador - is always marked by disturbance
Landing in exotic soil not their own
To Fight The Natives, The Savages in the promise given by Columbus
Plantations built on the ashes of previous homes
Wealth generated per whipping of natives, the slaves
Branded as animals, dying in mass graves
Eyes are blind and ears turn deaf to their suffering pleas
In the slightest feel of guilt
As good Catholics they are, they go for their confession
The redemption of guilt, their path to heaven
The priest watches the Conquistador’s rushed steps
- Perhaps to rid his burden quickly or just to rush back to his wealth?
Standing before the priest
Asking for confession of his sins
The answer of the priest is one of denial
Denied to his confession
Denied to his faith
Denied entrance to the gates of heaven
There is nothing the Conquistador can do,
To harm the priest is to incur God’s wrath
So the Conquistador returns,
Back to the crying anguish and moans, back in unresolved sins
Back once again where his eyes are blind and ears turn deaf
Between God and Gold
The Conquistador return to his Worldly Desires
There is little hope for redemption
May poetry submission.
Little bit of historic background for understanding:
Following the New Law in 1542 to abolish Indian Slavery and Ecomienda system in the New World had little impact and never achieved its goal. Bartolomé de Las Casa the leading advocate to the New Law, at this time was given the rank of Bishop issued a pastoral letter that "refused absolution to slave owners and encomenderos even on their death bed, unless all their slaves had been set free and their property restituted to them." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartolom%C3%A9_de_las_Casas
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Little bit of historic background for understanding:
Following the New Law in 1542 to abolish Indian Slavery and Ecomienda system in the New World had little impact and never achieved its goal. Bartolomé de Las Casa the leading advocate to the New Law, at this time was given the rank of Bishop issued a pastoral letter that "refused absolution to slave owners and encomenderos even on their death bed, unless all their slaves had been set free and their property restituted to them." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartolom%C3%A9_de_las_Casas