The War must end - Ukraine and Russia

When is enough enough, When is the going just too tough. Why do people have to die Forever in the ground to lie. Are the spoils worth all the pain When the path is kill and maim. Is barren land worth just so much Now deprived of human touch. Do fatherless children justify the cost Memories of a generation lost. Weeping mothers by the score Adding every day far more. Politicians acting blind To the misery resigned, Just numbers on a sheet Conscious only of defeat. Pride and hubris win the day Reason not allowed to sway. Yet solutions need be found Striving to be clear and sound. Calmer voices must assist For further slaughter to desist. The way forward won't be fast Searching for a peace to last. Neither side will win outright Time for discourse not brute might. Russia needs restore prosperity Ukrainians live without temerity.