an Inca Emperor takes the throne
Pachacuti is his name
his rule becomes a legacy
and attains a sizeable fame
for its unrivaled magnitude
as South America’s rarity
modern cultural history
traces the Inca back to the 12th century
AD, that is
in the Andes of southeastern Peru
looking from a frozen space in a distance . . .
Manco Capac,
the son of the Inca’s supposed creator,
was journeyed by his father, the Sun God Inti
down to Earth
12 million people of a large diversity,
comprising 100 different sets of ethnicity
made up Tawantinsuyu, the Inca state
thus claim the sources of history . . .
using their intellect effectively
helped them survive
a vast amount of misery
they were helpless however
in the face of the worst kind of agony
people in power had waited long enough
time had already passed by too fast
and had traveled away way too far
for them to establish methodically
an all-inclusive tyranny
there is much more to narrate about the Inca
a huge number of encyclopedias is on e-call
what matters to me though lies beneath the shell
that which i will unearth with vigor oh yes i shall
in fact it is nothing new that i choose to seek
to dare to unbury discoveries is not for the meek
let us go on to play our convenient hide-and-seek
powers-to-be?
today?
no way!
be that as it may
some of us are here to stay
and will turn over the stones for sure
to unravel the treasures of this mystery
then, powers-to-be will be no more
have no dismay!
© hülya n. yılmaz, August 20, 2018
[Published by Inner Child Press International in the September issue of the fifth volume of The Year of the Poet]
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