Katrina D

Crying for Peace

Ukraine, Ukraine
I feel your desperate pain
Your incredulous fear
To absurdly lose 
All that you hold dear
Betrayed by ruse
Of brother become foe
Subdued in full view
By the poison of a few
Now senselessly sowing 
Sallow seeds of woe
Wolves in sheep\'s clothing
Casting a grotesque shadow 
Of futile death and loathing
Mercilessly destroying dignity
With toxic masculinity 
Forcing virulent fight 
Or uneasy flight 
Brutally ripping lives apart
Erasing history 
from a severed heart
Yet no running from fears 
As you walk alone
With bitter tears
To face the unknown
On this treacherous tightrope
Balancing twisted truths 
And powerless hope
Under a hail of bombs 
That darken your skies 
Clouded by a pernicious veil 
Of inordinate lies
So may the bear forever regret
And pray you may ever                

Forgive or forget