Song for Ukraine
vOz / 3.17.22
Oh, dear city under siege, bombs, and death surround
Children cry, Children call, Children crawl, Children cling
Mothers scream, Mothers plead, Mothers bleed, Mothers pray
No tears to wash away the blood, the stains of war remain
Fathers fight with all their might, no match for artillery and tanks
Death from land, sea, and air nowhere safe this man-made hell
Oh, dear city under siege, shattered homes, lives, and peace
Left in ruin, rubbles waste, starvation, disease, the victims’ fate
All Hero’s found this hallowed ground, cathedral of the dead
Stillness comes, thy will be done, buried deep within the shame
Good and Evil side by side, the mirror cracked in two
For what good does evil do, for evil does no good
Oh, dear city under siege, the past is present now
Smoke and fire, hate-filled pyre, soldiers rage, death’s desire
What’s to come, who’s to come, is any left to be
No rhyme, no reason, no answer found, no nothing left to see
Where’s the people, where’s the life, where will children play
What of hope, what of new, what’s to be of me and you
Oh, dear city under siege, fate cast to the wind
Rains will come, to cleanse the air, wash away blood-soaked streets
Time moves on, time renews, days turn into years
As birds do fly, with seasons change, this too will fade away
The ground will heal, the harvests will yield, the future will renew
Why, oh why do we do, as we do?
