COURAGE IN UKRAINE
By Rosemary Clarke
We hear you, Amelia
From your bomb shelter cold
By the looks of the footage
You're not very old.
But with all your bravery
Lift up your voice
Keep showing the people
That they have a choice!
The Ukrainian people
In shelters are cowed
But you will not find
One head that is bowed
They play and they dance
They write and they sing
And give hope that we help them
New life we must bring!
While governments flounder
With red tape and rules
Ukrainian children
Can't even have schools!
The
And so must the rest!
We're supposed to be powerful
We in the West!
Instead we ignore it
Or do little more
While the likes of Amelia
Are freezing and poor
We should be ashamed
Of ourselves and our ways
For peace in the West
Will see former days!
If we do not help
We leave it in vain
For peace for the world
Will be smashed once again!
You glance at this poem
Get on with your time
Forgetting this message
Is really a crime!
So far away
But, get on with your life
And ..'have a nice day'.
Copyright Rosemary Clarke
As always you are pricking our conscience, the last two lines say it all...
ReplyDeleteAgree with Len, those last two lines say it all. Although there are many people in England who are itching to do more.
ReplyDeleteGreat poem Rosemay. I am giving to the appeal and am considering hosting
ReplyDeleteThank you, and well done for helping; that's what it's for.
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