A Note To Putin

Were you not listening? The world was gasping As you destroyed the homes of civilians, Destroying villages with indiscriminate bombing, Displacing hard-working families by the millions? Now, we learn your soldiers assassinated In cold blood ordinary folks only trying to survive, It’s hard to understand the casualties, ill-fated, We wonder if war-ravaged children can thrive. Obviously, the war is not going as you planned News reports tell us of your military in retreat, All this carnage for an expansion of your land It appears that you are facing imminent defeat. With the world’s most despised despotic rulers Certainly, your name will go down in history – With Stalin, Hitler, Idi Amin, all depraved monsters Who are only remembered for deplorable misery. Written April 5, 2022