Kim Rodrigues Poet Free verse

Pick-You-Up

dressed in a ballgown
with a tiara
like Cinderella
and the rounded pumpkin-like coach
shows up
a pick-you-up
of a princess
on the streets of Ukraine
dreams do come true
are they over now
for another sister?
she would have been your family
weeping in the streets
orphans left behind
they were already behind
but now…no one can reach them.
God can reach them
God sees this atrocity 
feels the pulse
hell’s on the loose

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Caren Krutsinger March 3, 2022 at 10:51 AM I agree "God can reach them God sees this atrocity feels the pulse hell’s on the loose" totally! And we know who the devil is.

Gershon Wolf February 26, 2022 at 7:18 PM Interesting angle... Ukrainians were going about their 'ordinary' business in restaurants, bars, and ballrooms right up until the hour of the invasion. Clock struck 12; Cinderella had to run for her life... Kim Rodrigues February 26, 2022 at 8:03 PM True story. We have friends who adopted 3 and were going back for a 4th. The Mom is from the Ukraine.

Rico Leffanta February 26, 2022 at 11:12 AM As our stock market confirms, investors do not care about lives, they are concerned with dollars! Aloha! Kim Rodrigues February 26, 2022 at 5:49 PM A sad situation, Rico!

Vijay Pandit February 26, 2022 at 4:51 AM Lives shattered and the pain unbearable. So very thoughtful of you my friend to remember them in this time of hardship. I believe they will overcome with goodwill and prayer like you express. Kim Rodrigues February 26, 2022 at 5:12 AM Thank you, Vijay!

Jennifer Proxenos February 26, 2022 at 3:32 AM How sad you are and right to say 'God sees this atrocity, feels the pulse, hell's on the loose! So well penned Kim, God Bless, Jennifer Kim Rodrigues February 26, 2022 at 5:12 AM Thanks, Jennifer. God bless you too. <3

Caren Krutsinger February 25, 2022 at 8:13 PM "hell is on the loose" - thank you for a reminder that there are PEOPLE there! Kim Rodrigues February 26, 2022 at 5:13 AM People play war like they are playing plastic chess pieces. Like you said, they are people.

Bj Legros Kelley February 25, 2022 at 7:24 PM This is powerful. It is so unbearably horrifying. I hate the wickedness, the horror the Ukrainians are facing. I am praying and praying but it does not feel like enough, I want to do something :'( It's so sad. God bless you Kim, thank you for writing this poem, you have done something, in writing <3 Kim Rodrigues February 26, 2022 at 5:15 AM Thank you. After adopting the girls, they would show them doing something and say, this is what freedom looks like. Now what is to become of the children. Everyone has their own atory.

Laura Leiser February 25, 2022 at 3:33 PM Wow, such powerful words that strike at the heart, Kim. War is always wretched, and I need to keep the people of Ukraine in my prayers. Excellent write! Kim Rodrigues February 26, 2022 at 5:15 AM Thank you, Laura!