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Human Sacrifices on Altar of Freedom
Reflections from Ukraine
How many more of our dead must we lay at your feet?
How many more human sacrifices for your god of freedom?
How many more villages and cities razed to the ground for you?
When do you admit us to your exclusive club of freedom?
When do we stop fighting and start living?
When will it be enough for you to grant us admission?
Why do we even want to join?
Why are you the only club we want?
Why isn’t there something better than you?
What has become of the freedoms you once stood for?
What have you forgotten and taken for granted?
What stands behind your wailing wall of freedom now?
Where is the temple that once stood there?
Where are our children and soldiers gone missing?
Where do we turn other than to you?
Who really stands with us as we die?
Who deserves now this altar of freedom?
Who else but you do we choose to join?
