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John E Marks
1 min readApr 26, 2022

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For the Azov Brigade in Mariupol

With a per capita GNI of $3,540, Ukraine is the poorest country in Europe as of 2020.

Before, I loved the rainy mornings of my life
And I never thought that friendly mountain passes
Would ferry me away
But now happy times are seldom
And the rain runs away with me.

From holiday beach to temptestous sea
Thunder clouds gather like swarms of angry bees
I have lost my faith in the indomitable sea
And I have lost my faith in humanity
I sing only one song now
'Protect the young and defend the free.'

O! the mechanical movement of the sun
Sunshine blooms and nectar spreads
Like a tender tree’s dappled sunlight
Covering all that’s dappled, fair
A magical chiaroscuro of delight
Like a changeling in the ocean, 
Lke the yearning to be free
more like the Azov Brigade fighting to be free

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John E Marks
John E Marks

Written by John E Marks

Beauty is the only thing that time cannot harm. Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood. T. S. Eliot

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