The Sunday Muse #200 – 2

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Ukraine – The Father

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will I find them back
when the war is over
or will I lay
face down
in the mud to rot

I lived my life
was kind
worked hard
did nothing wrong
created a better life

then they came
invaded my land
committed a mass execution
no crime
nothing wrong done

I will create a new home for them
on soil by soldiers boots trodden
men who never knew us
but got an order
and went against a faceless brother
no conscience, no honor,
no wish to care

my little girl
will be a wife, a mother,
will cry
like me
we lost our world
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