Democracy as a Noble Element
Pitiable
The country that proclaims itself
Leader of the free world
Tarnished and sooty faced
Greedy fingers dipped in
Oil, in coal, in blood, in gold
dried, caked, set
We do not carry forth
banner or flag
no honor to unfurl
A world away rockets
toys of a demagogue
embed in schools, apartments, homes
Bodies
We wring hands
When we should be wringing necks
We should be carrying our brothers
In arms, in our arms
We should
We should
We won’t
As they lay dying
In their streets, in their beds
Bury us now for we began dying in 2016
Democracy is only alive
When its people stand up for it
The F.H.Gray Matter 
Wow! This is so powerful! Thank you! You express it more how I feel it than anything else I have read. I am not American but I think all the “allies” who wave “democracy” around like its some moral high ground… I think we are all culpable. Putin is not evil on his own.
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Thank you for reading and your thoughtful response. I have long been exasperated with American politics. I find Zelensky so compelling and inspiring. I hope sanctions are working but in the meantime I am grasping for any way possible to show support for Ukraine.
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