Thursday, September 15, 2022

Lost in Her Soul

 RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: UKRAINE


Lost in Her Soul

 

She is not broken, she says

She is lost in her soul

The life she once lived

Scattered like shrapnel

In a free-fire zone

 

She survived the onslaught

She survived the occupation

She will survive the memories of war

But she is lost in her soul

She will be found again

She will be made whole

 

Can the same be said of the invaders?

Whose torment took a toll?

Can the same be said of Putin?

As if he ever had a soul

 

It is said he will not waver

He consults his dictator friends

He wants to prove he is not alone

On this his cause depends

 

China, India and Turkey

Will you answer his desperate pleas?

Will you side with the Russian madman?

Or will you recognize his disease?

 

The time is past for posturing

The time has come to take a stand

Are you for or against Putin’s attempt

To steal by force Ukrainian land?

 

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