From  

The Pity of War…  The Poetry is in the Pity.  Reflections on the Invasion of Ukraine by Russia; edited  by Alan Maley. The e-book raises money to help Ukraine.

 

Dear friend

Dear friend,

take my hand.

I've already prepared water, bread and a bed,

where you can lay your  head,

calm your heart, calm your mind,

on a  peaceful land,

Poland.

 

 

Speechless

 

Speechless I stand,

waiting for the end.

The end of the war,

the end of the evil zone on the globe.

 

Speechless now I live.

Can the good somehow retrieve it all ?

 

prayer

 

around us nothing

nothing but dead silence

and the colour of black

 

Mighty God

we beg you

bring the peace back