Litany of Tears

by Sofia Kontogeorge Kostos

Those who were not buried alive, were burned
Those who were not burned, drowned by suicide
Those who did not drown, were maimed
Those who were not maimed, were stabbed
Those who were not stabbed, were starved
Those who were not starved, thirsted
Those who did not thirst, were robbed
Those who were not robbed, were tortured
Those who were not tortured, were drowned
Those who were not drowned, froze
Those who did not freeze, were raped
Those who were raped, went mad
Christian men, women, children, all.

Source: Sarafian, Ara (ed.), Forgotten Genocides of the 20th Century, London and Reading: Taderon Press, p. 68.