Through the eyes of a cat having seen war,
Deep dark halls of affliction with no exit door
Absorb every soul that happens to be
Empathic like you or incautious like me;
Cry honey cry, never spare your tears,
This cat had lived for three or four years
Before he came through where a great many died
Under heavy shellfire coming in from each side;
He’s a wretched survivor, just one of the few,
To the secrets of cats it can add nothing new,
Yet it renders him mute for his usual meow,
And it makes his voice human forever from now,
So perfectly proper for stories to tell,
That begin with the words: War is hell, total hell…
Wretched Survivor
© Copyright: Владимир Петрович Янченко, 2022
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No words to express my feeling after reading your poem, Vladimir!
Wanted to cry “Marvellous”, but… that’s “awful today”(((
“WAR IS HELL, TOTAL HELL…” -
THAT IS!!!
Наталья Цимбалова 13.10.2022 17:47 • Заявить о нарушении
Wanted to cry “Marvellous”, but… that’s “awful today”(((
“WAR IS HELL, TOTAL HELL…” -
THAT IS!!!
Наталья Цимбалова 13.10.2022 17:47 • Заявить о нарушении
Thank you, Natalia.
All good people are supposed to hate war from the bottom of their hearts but we can see something quite the opposite today. It's awful what propaganda does. It seems as if a lot of our good compatriots have completely lost their minds - they call for blood and violence, and they despise those who call for peace.
The entire story is going to have an unhappy ending, no doubt. Everyone of us will have to deal with it.
Владимир Петрович Янченко 13.10.2022 20:03 Заявить о нарушении
All good people are supposed to hate war from the bottom of their hearts but we can see something quite the opposite today. It's awful what propaganda does. It seems as if a lot of our good compatriots have completely lost their minds - they call for blood and violence, and they despise those who call for peace.
The entire story is going to have an unhappy ending, no doubt. Everyone of us will have to deal with it.
Владимир Петрович Янченко 13.10.2022 20:03 Заявить о нарушении
You are quite right, Vladimir!
But all their bravado until that concerns them personally!
Have never understood public executions as an entertainment in the Middle Ages.
But seems nothing has changed since and never unfortunately will…(((
Faithfully yours,
Наталья Цимбалова 14.10.2022 14:24 Заявить о нарушении
But all their bravado until that concerns them personally!
Have never understood public executions as an entertainment in the Middle Ages.
But seems nothing has changed since and never unfortunately will…(((
Faithfully yours,
Наталья Цимбалова 14.10.2022 14:24 Заявить о нарушении
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