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OSSETIAN HOLOCAUST
by Liana Margiva
Monday, January 26, 2009
Rated "G" by the Author.

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Poetry by Liana Margiva


Did you hear us, God when we prayed for your mercy
When they butchered us and buried us alive?
They called us separatists when all we did
Was saving our loved ones from brutal death.

When our evil murderers were glorified as heroes,
When our homes were leveled to the ground
You turned your back at us, Almighty, that’s the truth.
Perhaps, dear God, you’d really like to know

A mother’s feeling in Ossetia distant
Who’s sons now lie beheaded in the ground?
And do you think her heart is bleeding any less
Than that of one who’s son was crucified?

In hundred years three times exterminated
We begged the World for help, but World was deaf
To our desperate pleas: Ossetian Holocaust
Ignored by all – one holocaust too many!

Chosen people we are not, so, by all means,
Come all and burn alive us all in our homes!
Who’d cry a tear over tiny nation you need
A magnifying glass to make out on a map?

And what of our butchers? Hypocrites
Will cry false tears for their fake abuse,
While those who come to help
Will be condemned to Hell.

You hear us, God, when we kneel by the altar
And beg thou for thy help, we trust you,
Thank you for our daily bread, for daylight and for life.
Remember  us,  God, we are  people, who suffered!!!

Liana Margiva

Translated from Russian by Anatol V Kardiukov




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Reviewed by mary metcalf 10/29/2009
liana, your poem is so deep and with so much feeling. i feel the pain, i feel the sorrow, my tears fall at the acts of brutality of men to mankind, it is one i find so hard to ignore. your words do not go unheeded. your words do reach out and are acknowledged.
love and hugs
mary etta
Reviewed by Dallas D'Angelo-Gary 6/21/2009
Very poignant and timely, Liana!God does not often interfere in the lives of men, because of 'free will,' but he does answer prayer.
Reviewed by Tommy Thomas 5/14/2009
Liana, you've captured the agony of the holocaust in verse and my heart goes out to everyone who has lost. I feel a sense of loss over the pleas for help and there was none. I share your compassion of those who prayed for God's help and he seemed not to hear, or rather not respond. I too, have shared a lifetime of pain and endurance with catastopic upheaval off the rictor scale. Outstanding heartfelt poem. May God continue to love you. You are a blessing to impart this poem.

Tommy L. Thomas, aka, Doctor T
Reviewed by Jeanette Cooper 4/4/2009
Liana, this is the most stirring poem I've read in a while. It is filled with a tragedy we've all heard about, but fortunately, many of us have not experienced. My heart goes out to you and anyone whose memories are based on the loss of family and friends to the Holocaust.
Reviewed by David Thompson 4/2/2009
Liana, what powerful words you have spoken in your writing. I cannot imagine having to endure this kind of pain. It is beyond my scope of understanding as to how man is able to inflict this type of torture on other human beings and continue to live their lives as though nothing happened. May all your days ahead be filled with nothing less than contentment.

David Lee Thompson
Reviewed by William Bonilla 2/28/2009
A heart breakingly painful historical write
Love & Peace be with you eternally

William
Reviewed by Regis Auffray 2/17/2009
Sad, painful, poignant, and very powerful, Liana. Love, peace, and healing to you,

Regis
Reviewed by Jon Willey 2/2/2009
another land, another people, another time, ravaged at the hands of the ignorant, powerful, and evil of the earth -- may peace and love find a place in your heart to dwell in great joy -- JMW
Reviewed by Axilea Uzumcuoglu 1/29/2009
A description of a tragedy, like a historic painting
and a good description of abusers and their falsity
in private matters as in historical events,
they are always the same.

Axilea
Reviewed by Georg Mateos 1/29/2009
Those that start wars do it without a thought to the innocents that are caught in the crossfire, not only of the weapons but on the consequences.
Ossetia is not different to any other country desvastated by the power greed of a few, but Ossetia is the late one to suffer the consequences of the international inability to put and end to the ambitions of a few megalomaniacs men with ideas of self grandeur.

Georg

Reviewed by Sheri Hoff 1/28/2009
Liana,
Thank you for keeping the memory alive through your writing-so that we may learn-I pray for peace and kindness. Blessings
Sheri
Reviewed by Theresa Koch 1/28/2009
Painful and heartwrenching friend~`*
Reviewed by Elizabeth Russo 1/27/2009
Intense, powerful, the pain is palpable! Best, Elizabeth
Reviewed by Ronald Hull 1/27/2009
The myth of god has little to do with it, except to polarize thinking between the haters and hated. Man is cruel to his fellow man. As long as ignorance prevails, people will be persecuted.

Ron
Reviewed by Robert Sheridan 1/27/2009
Liana~!

Very emotive and powerfully written prose - excellent!!


LOve and Hugs,

Lance
Reviewed by Dale Clark 1/27/2009
Painful and so horrifying... my prayers are with you.
Blessed be those who suffer.
Reviewed by MaryGrace Patterson 1/27/2009
A sobering poem of death and destruction. Out of the ashes of depravation, carnage and dispear, spirits arise to Gods kingdom. The poem is a tribute to all who have died there....M
Reviewed by Dawn Wilson 1/26/2009
So much pain, Liana.....your words speak to the hearts of all who read them.
Reviewed by Karen Vanderlaan 1/26/2009
intense write- my soul feels the pain of those mothers-you have penned a powerful call for all to head
Reviewed by George Carroll 1/26/2009
Somalia is another case where the world is just looking but not acting. When God gave us free will it was for better or worse by those it was given to and with this free will we are responsible for our actions not God. We pray that this will get better but if it doesn't who is to blame? Where aid can be given we should all help to correct the problem but apparently this world as it's made up with leadership that flaunts everybody and does what it pleases is one that only total annihilation will be the answer in the end.
Reviewed by Andre Bendavi ben-YEHU 1/26/2009
As long as they, "The the Industrial War's Engineers" backed up the United Nations Security Council enjoy their Plutocratic privileges to instigate social unrest, wars and terrorism... Let me stop here as people don't want to know who gives the orders in the United Nations.

Excellent composition. A true Paean singing for Justice.

In admiration,

Andre Emmanuel Bendavi ben-YEHU
Reviewed by Karen Palumbo 1/26/2009
Such a sincere plea by a mother who has lost so much and still the world remains silent......

Be always safe,
Karen
Reviewed by Rose Rideout 1/26/2009
Your words Liana tear at my heart. I will keep you and so many in my prayers dear. Thank ylou for sharing.

Newfie Hugs and prayers, Rose
Reviewed by Richard Orey 1/26/2009
Oh, what a heartfelt plea for God's intervention and help! I am brought to tears by the tragedy your words so eloquently describe for us in imagery that burns the soul.

I am but one small voice here in my country. But I will use my residency and rights of citizenship to call upon the leaders of the United States to lend support and assistance to little Ossetia. It's size does not reduce its urgent needs. And tonight I will add my prayers to those others of Authors Den who are so moved.

Thank you, my dear Liana, for sharing this powerful message with us.

Richard
Reviewed by Bonnie May 1/26/2009
Oh Liana my heart is broken reading this and believe me, God Hears your prayers for he too is shedding tears. He gave us freedom of will but his will, will be the last. Those who have perscuted you and your people will have God's wrath brought upon them...know this is true. In the meantime keep praying and I will too. Love and hugs, Bonnie


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