Tho’ scared of the lumbering tanks
A woman offering sunflower seeds
Curse-praying for enemy ranks.
As we hide from COVID-19
Ukrainians aren’t safe at home.
We live in an unfair world
There’s no safety for some!
A lone soldier guarding an island
Holding an old rifle.
Crushed by the marauding Rus
Beneath a tank, so trifle.
As we transition to Green
People are crying
As we wait for our booster dose
Ukrainians are dying.
A soldier blowing himself up
To stymie an enemy advance
When neighbours fail & betray you
Your survival is perchance!
As countries count their deaths from COVID
There’s no tally for Russia’s kills.
For a piece of land, that isn’t theirs
Oh, what a horrific deal!
Neither lockdown, nor quarantine
No intensive care;
The vaccine doesn’t work
As people are shot & snared!
Zelenskyy begs for help
As friends betray Ukraine.
‘I am alone’, cries the President
Sanctions, alas, don’t deter Putin!
Sanctions couldn’t save the mother
Who died, her baby on her breast
Wish the UN could protect the many
Waiting to be laid to rest!
A mother’s last words reverberates
As we watch on television;
‘Chernobyl is leaking, the bridge is gone
Russians have entered Kyiv
Stay safe, my son’!
