Another Day

(Written at the very start of Ukraine's Invasion)

bones of a blackened
building barely remain
upright

once a happy home
flesh brick work becomes
rubble piled high

floral curtains flap in tatters
acrid smoke permeates
through choked air

monday's laundry
a memory of freshly rinsed
lavender comfort

where once a child played
her knitted doll sandwiched
inbetween bombed ruins

her black eyes search
for the mercy of heaven
there is none

only the wail of sirens
when missiles rain down
another day begins

Reviews

[Fabian G. Franklin]

War is a terrible thing. Tyranny that incites war is even worse. Ukraine has suffered the tyranny of Russian aggression before. Stalin starved the people to death by the millions during the Holodomor. There were emaciated corpses lining the city streets. This is recorded in photographs and recognized by the Ukrainian people though largely forgotten by the rest of the world. They will never surrender or capitulate to Russian aggression because to do so, as history attests, is certain death.

[Chris Shaw]

Your background history information regarding the war in Ukraine, speaks for itself. Understandable why the people of Ukraine will fight for every inch of their land and will not capitulate. Amazing resilience and I pray that they will succeed. Thank you Fabian for your interesting response.

Chris

[W. Barrett Munn]

excellent, Chris. Took me straight to all the miserable wars idiots have begun, including the present one.

[Chris Shaw]

Thank you. I appreciate your response W.

Chris

[Soren]

Chris such a barren, bleak and grim picture of the horrors of war. If intentional the second stanza "flesh brickwork" casts a macabre image to the poem. Well written

[Chris Shaw]

Thank you for sharing your thoughts. I appreciate you.

Chris