For the Children
…and for Ukraine — for they too are the children
The Great Bear ravages the purity of home leaving bloody trails upon virginal snow fall gouging seeds of destruction where it treads
Apocalyptic fire rains from wide open skies Mechanized horror aimed for the heart industrial scale death where sunflowers grew
Crumbling rubble falls helter-skelter tumbled or tossed in desperation by hands seeking, pleading for lives
The bleeding, blackened earth weeps turned earth, disturbed with grave secrets secret graves of blood drenched witness
The ground trembles in mute horror a war ravaged old woman rains down curses on men’s bombs tagged “for the children.”
© 15 April 2022
