HEARTBREAKING

HEARTBREAKING
Someone’s husband
Someone’s son
Someone’s father
Killed for defending their country and
Then consigned to a black body bag
In an unmarked grave
With hundreds of others
Who suffered the same fate
Their blood was shed
Their lives cut short
For what?
But if my heart breaks
How much more must the hearts
Of those Ukrainian wives,
Mothers and children break
I feel so helpless
And all I can do is
Keep hoping and
Praying
That this bloodshed
Will soon be over.

© Maureen Iles 14/3/22