ANONYMOUS

I have a lot of love
for my family and for my God
and for my homeland, a beautiful abode
where the voices and smiles and arms
of my many pure-hearted, high-minded brothers and sisters
make my soul cry with joy

Today I fly over the sky in Mariupol
sowing destruction on a foreign nation
seeing many families, homes, churches, dreams,
tumble like sand castles and wicker dolls
a nation of wasps clasping their babes
made of potatoes and matches

Today I destroyed something beautiful
but tomorrow I will go back home
where they will call me ‘pride of the nation’
and deck me with flowers, ribbons and kisses
I’ll be called a good boy
for all the love I gave

ANONYMOUS