Since prehistoric times, humans populated
The mountainous lands of Armenia
Adam and eve, in the biblical garden of Eden
Trod this land in the shadow of the Armenian highlands
And Mount Ararat towered above
Upon which Noah’s ark came to rest
Christianity was nurtured in these historic lands
Sustaining and comforting the gentle people
They lived in peace for centuries
The oldest Christian nation of the world
Until the Ottoman Empire spread
And they fell under Turkeys oppressive
yoke
Churches and
Cathedrals were desecrated
And the devout
Christians Persecuted
Four centuries of
oppression past
Until finally in utter
despair
They rose up against
the tyranny
To shake loose their
shackles
And drive out their
Muslim overloads
But hopelessly
outnumbered and ill equipped
They failed to win
their freedom
And the wrath of their
Turkish masters
Was brought down upon their
heads
With merciless
efficiency they struck
Killing indiscriminately
And when the savagery
ended
50,000 Armenian souls
had ascended
Then 20 more years of
suffering followed
When the savage allies
of the Kaiser
Sent word from
Istanbul
To solve their Armenian
problem
A chilling phrase
echoing through the years
This time their
actions were unprovoked
And the butchery
unprecedented
One and a half million
Christian souls
Were sent heavenward
by the Turkish tyrants
A solution that
provided the Germans
With a template for
the future
Which they would
employ to great effect
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