Ukraine
by Richard McGill
The fragility of international law has been highlighted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
What is the point of legitimising war with global agreement on the acceptable ways of killing soldiers
and the unacceptable methods?
World is full of people going
‘bout their daily life
Happy families living, children,
and a father with his wife
They look upon their leaders
to save them from every hell
Health care and other services
to run their country well
But all leaders love their power
and their riches from the land
Can’t get enough money,
stolen from the needy hand
And soon they look with envy
at what’s in the next country
And mobilise the army
“our nation will be free”
But the neighbour is not happy
and so must respond in kind
Both armies good at killing,
maiming many, never mind
Drones above to guide them
and to help the grim reaper
Far away, a soldier’s mother
now becomes a mourning weeper
The generals watch computers
show the battle like a game
Dehumanise the conflict there’s
no point in taking blame
Those pixels on the monitor
are really flesh and blood
Life ebbing crimson now
and is bleeding in the mud
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