Journey of Words

on Ukraine

24th August, 1991Tearing a strip off the Iron CurtainThe Ukraine Soviet Socialist Republic broke awayNo one said it would be easyKyiv wasn’t built in a dayOut of the maelstromThe stirring of the potThe plot and counter-plotA nation finding its feetAfter decades of decayWith grey painted over the cracksUkraine turned toward the light pouring through the… 

24th August, 1991
Tearing a strip off the Iron Curtain
The Ukraine Soviet Socialist Republic broke away
No one said it would be easy
Kyiv wasn’t built in a day
Out of the maelstrom
The stirring of the pot
The plot and counter-plot
A nation finding its feet
After decades of decay
With grey painted over the cracks
Ukraine turned toward the light pouring through the door
Which remained half-open
Which remained half-shut
Still, with a foot still snagged
Ukraine struggles to shake itself free
From Moscow’s belligerent oligarchy

~

CLP. 24/08/2025

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Chris Perry

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