Ghosts of Kyiv
For Ukraine
Borders are broken
Like treaties and trust
As under heavy foot fall
Approach the invaders
Each step dragging a bloody
Heel until the map
Recalls a boot print
A petulant child plots
Finding Democracy dangerous
To all planned oppression
Tank treads turn, scarring the land
Chernobyl is further poisoned
The Black Sea fills with the
Blood of a powerful resistance
Snake island stands defiant
Ghosts of Kyiv fly
Like fabled nightingales
Forests are burned with
The approaching army inside
Lining their pockets with seeds
So that the dead bodies will
Sprout flowers to heal the land
Everything in this world
Has now become a weapon
In the readied hands of children,
Mothers, farmers fighting
Until the moment the
Old bear lay dying
Under their golden trident
A world sympathizes
And rallies to their battle cry
To the Russian warships
To all encroaching soldiers
To the balding ego of a terrified bully
Towards nuclear winter
We fear less than you
About the Creator
Kincaid Jenkins
Author of "Drinking With Others: Poetry by the Pint" available at https://redhawkpublications.company.site/Drinking-With-Others-Poetry-by-the-Pint-p470423761 and for purchase on Amazon.
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Comments (11)
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The poem is well written, cherish the hard-won peaceful world
A powerful piece
A powerful piece
A powerful piece
Powerful work
I find the imagery in this incredibly subtle, some of your descriptors call up visions of superpowers in single words. This is a beautiful piece and you have a new fan.
Love this: Each step dragging a bloody Heel until the map Recalls a boot print
Really powerful piece, great work!
well