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Apartment Block

I didn’t deserve the love that you gave:

I didn’t deserve your extinguished heart.

I wish I had been the one to behave

That last time before fate tore us apart.

 

As one young child is pulled from the rubble,

I realise that you were crushed beneath.

Another search is not worth the trouble;

I’ll find a still spot to lay down my wreath.

 

I hear the sirens and look to the sky,

As missiles flatten today's dreams and lives.

Faced with this slaughter, I ask myself why

We live in a world where such murder thrives.

 

When you last saw me, I’d travelled all night

And drank too much with my mates on the train.

I was not that nice, if I recall right;

You never wanted to see me again.

 

And now here I am, and you are not here;

It’s hard to explain how that makes me feel.

In all my turmoil of grief and of fear,

I now understand what this war can steal.

Ukraine

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Stephen Gospage

Mon 17th Oct 2022 20:37

Thank you, John, for your supportive comments. And thanks to Steve and Nigel for liking.

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John Botterill

Sun 16th Oct 2022 19:21

I think you convey the horror which is surely being felt by ordinary people uncannily well, Stephen. Brilliant poem!

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Stephen Gospage

Sun 16th Oct 2022 17:08

Thank you, Bethany. Yes, this war must have led to so many individual tragedies, coupled with all the emotions that each of us would feel. As you say, violence is never the answer, but when will people learn?

And thanks to Frederick, Julie and Holden for liking this one.

<Deleted User> (33540)

Sat 15th Oct 2022 17:32

When oh when will this violence dominated world ever learn the necessary lesson's it most certainly needs to Stephen? Yet in the midst of all of this mayhem, we must not lose sight of our everyday emotional needs so to speak.

A very well and realistically written poem. Thank you, Mr. G!

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