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Hostage
People are being forced to go to war.
Separated from their families.
Daughters and sons bawling
Their papa is gone.
The thought of him not coming back
The thought of him changing
The thought of him not having an arm or leg
It's devastating.
The kid watching the news 1700 killed.
Not hearing back,
Wondering if their papa is a statistic?
Going to the market, just retrieving food.
Guns to their head
Getting yelled at “GET DOWN!”
Getting their hands tied behind them
Getting battered with clubs or their feet
Evident it's a war crime
Gunshots every night.
observing the police take them into a car
Blood trickling from their head
Listening from the house
Canines barking
Guns banging
People screaming
People running,
but the military releases the dogs
At the end of all this
I hope to all be friends
All be family
Stop the exploding
Stop the shooting
Stop taking the innocent.
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With lines from “Ukrainians in Bucha Reflect on Horrors and Brutality Suffered at Hands of Russian Forces” by Simon Ostrovsky and Zeba Warsi, a Pulitzer Center reporting project.