Betty Ladd Poet Rhyme

Distant Hope

Distant Hope

Ukraines blue and yellow flag
For its azure skies and wheat laden fields
Colours of freedom and hope
And gratitude for what the land yields

Those same blue skies now shrouded in darkness
Lives torn apart, destruction all around
Tall sunflowers left to dwindle and die
As evil tentacles reach out and abound

Women and children flee as bombs rain down
Husbands, fathers, sons stay to fight
Brave men led by their fearless leader
The enemy forges on with all its might

But Ukraines resolve and spirit lives on
Determination etched in their hearts
They will not give up their land easily
They will fight till the enemy departs

As the world watches on holding its breath
We pray that they continue to resist
Those that try to destroy their souls
And wish them to no longer exist

We hope and pray that victory will be theirs
We wish there was more we could do
To help Ukraine overcome adversity
And return to the life they once knew

3/7/2022

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Bj Legros Kelley March 10, 2022 at 12:43 AM Well done, beautiful, heartfelt and passionate poem. It is an atrocity of pure evil what Putin has done. May God bless the Ukranian people. It really is so hard to be on the sidelines as spectators, and not be able to help, but our prayers and calls to our leaders to reach out to these brave people and to help them is all we can do. May God bless and deliver them from this terror. God bless you Betty! ~BJ Betty Ladd March 10, 2022 at 12:57 PM Thank you so much BJ - your encouragement means do much - but when I read that poem now I find it hardly describes what is teally happening there - simple words for a very complex situation - God Bless and have a good day, cheers Betty

Rico Leffanta March 7, 2022 at 10:51 AM Well said! Putin is furious at the civilian resistance - and at the rest of the world pointing the finger of blame directly at him! Well done, Betty! Aloha! Betty Ladd March 7, 2022 at 11:18 AM Thank you Rico - it seems a hopeless situation - thank you - and aloha to you too!