bring back the blue skies
coloured red
by rages of bloody wars
bring back the shiny sun
made pale by weary plumes
of greedy need
so my heart can meet with your's
bickering aside
division away
so our children can play in winter's hands
and sunny haze
oblivious of the masquerade
ghosts steering behind
so that we can display
our beauty
fairly and squarely
in our once safe streets
o tell me it's a dream
we wake to another world
another reality realer than dream
patched up in Kyiv hills
like another life unlived
we dance to unfamiliar song
sad one in Babylonian rivers
like white stallions stumping around
in the southern plains of Ukraine
will stones direct our paths from city to sea
and in whispers decree our creed
in secret
that holds the fishes in harmony
and restore our reality
in fine lines of peace
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Author:
Ifeanyichukwu Onwughalu (Pseudonym) (
Offline) - Published: March 4th, 2022 11:05
- Comment from author about the poem: The conflict in Ukraine is uncalled for. It is a beautiful country undeserving of the war ravaging its beauty.
- Category: Reflection
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Comments3
It’s so sad and unfair .. I like your writing .. a good poem . Why the need for cruelty when there should simply be peace .. o don’t understand
Thank you Yellowrose. Let peace prevail.
Hopefully change will occur soon. There's too much destruction and hostility. We need Freedom!
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True Rocky. The sooner the better.
This is quite moving. Your composition is universal and timeless, yet so timely and local. One could sing this lament to so many places. We are all Ukrainian,... and Rohigya, and Congolese, and Syrian, and Armenian, and Mayan... Thanks for putting these words together for us.
Jarcher, it is saddening that the universe has been reduced to tears with torrents of conflicts ravaging it. We are all casualties. May our cries reach the heavenlies. May our voices touch the hearts of those who have the power to effect changes.
Thanks for reaching out and appreciating the poem.
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