Thalasar The Conqueror Comments

A great write- -the story of Thalasar, that is 'War' personified- - -told in captivating style- - - - with a moral as to what the mankind gains at last in pursuing war - - - - - - The poem hooked me from the beginning when the poet asks- - - I have come to ask you, Poet of Today, to fulfill a promise you never made, to men you never knew, to justify a past you could not imagine. I am just a slave, accustomed to dashed hopes, ready to bow my head to deflect the next blow... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ____________________- - - - - I make bold to plead with you to fulfill a promise that might ease a wound that never heals: - - - - - - - - - -Yes, war makes a wound that never heals- - - -But we poets can at least ease it to some extent.