Unyielding Heroes

Today, three years ago, Russia launched its brutal invasion of Ukraine, shattering peace and unleashing a wave of destruction. Towns were levelled, lives torn apart, and a nation thrust into an endless struggle for survival. Despite the relentless violence, Ukraine remains unyielding, its people refusing to surrender. The world has watched as the cost in blood and suffering continues to rise, and yet, the war drags on. This anniversary marks not only the pain of the past, but the ongoing fight for freedom and dignity.
 

The fields lie scorched, the rivers black,
where rockets carved their burning trail.
The homes stand shattered, charred and cracked,
a land once bright, now gaunt and pale.

A mother kneels in dust and stone,
her child beneath, so cold, so still.
She speaks his name, but all alone,
she finds no voice—the air is chill.

The tyrant claims his war is just,
with hollow words, he spreads decay.
He slaughters millions out of lust,
then dares to look the world and say—

"No war exists, no crimes, no dead,
just men who march where duty calls."
Yet ghosts rise up where soldiers tread,
their names engraved on crumbling walls.

No deal struck in a foreign hall,
no whispered trade, no hand that signs,
can buy the blood, the loss, the call
of those still fighting battle lines.

For every home they burn to ash,
for every life they take away,
a thousand rise, their spirits flash,
unyielding, they will never sway.
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Rolph David

Tue 25th Feb 2025 17:56

I thank everyone for their "like": Tom, Naomi, Reggie's Ghost, Aisha, Trevor and Red B. Keshner.

Rolph David

Tue 25th Feb 2025 17:54

Thank you Stephen for your compliment and your like.
Regards,
Rolph

Rolph David

Tue 25th Feb 2025 17:53

Hello Tom,
You may be right with your guess. For me, arms deliveries only make sense if they can also be used on Russian territory. They are only allowed to do so to a limited extent and that is half-hearted and flimsy. They pretend to help, but they don't want to be drawn into a major conflict. That is hypocritical and cowardly. But that's the way people/nations are like. Nobody really helps properly and that prolongs the suffering and death on the Ukrainian side. And now there will be a scramble over Ukraine's land and natural resources over their heads - just as there once was with Africa. The losers will be Ukraine, the winners the USA and above all Russia, which have no intention of ending the war permanently until they have annexed the whole of Ukraine. It's all so hypocritical what's happening between the nations.
Have a good evening,
best regards,
Rolph

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Stephen Gospage

Tue 25th Feb 2025 07:56

It was important to commemorate thi sad anniversary, Rolph, and you did it perfectly.

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TOM MERTON

Mon 24th Feb 2025 14:57

Rolph, as usual, a brilliant piece of writing. Correct me if I am wrong, but it comes as no surprise to me that so many other countries are continuing to donate arms to Ukraine

is that, I wonder, to save themselves from being physically involved and just let Ukraine keep Putin off their doorsteps while they sit idly by?

However, if Putin does cross the red line into the Nato countries, then I think it will definitely be goodnight Vienna for Russia big time and unfortunately millions of innocent Russians too.

Thank you.

kind regards
Tom.

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