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Each empty stroller in this picture represents a child who has died in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
On a square in Ukraine in that war torn country Over a hundred strollers are parked, but they're all empty The children no longer need them because they're all sleeping And those painful cries that you hear are their parents weeping. Young innocent lives taken, who could do such a thing? Their parents denied burying them, because of the bombing Pure evil is at work, inflicting death and misery All because Ukraine wanted to keep, her freedom and sovereignty. The blood of children is on Putin's hands and one day he must pay The west should ensure he'll face justice and we must find a way He is the epitome of pure evil and the devil incarnate And I hope for crimes against humanity, he'll suffer a similar fate. Children still living are shell-shocked, too traumatised to cry Witnessing acts of extreme violence and seeing people die We know who the aggressor is, we know who to blame How does he sleep at night?, hasn't he got any shame? He's now getting desperate as he's threatened to go nuclear In the hope that civilised nations, will pull back in fear Does he honestly think that we'll scare easily Yes, Russia has got nuclear weapons but then so have we. Two wrongs don't make a right, it's often been said But we must do more to stop this unnecessary bloodshed The world must rise up against Putin , we must make a stand Or it won't be long before the aggressor invades our land. Written 20th March 2022.
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