A Living Hell
/The city must be pretty
on the coast of the Sea of Azov
with Kalmius River running through
No more chance for me to see it
Now only rubbles left
Sieged by the enemies
nonstop bombarding
day and night
A few weeks of time
has turned it into a ghost town
Only roars of bombs heard
Corpses scattered around
like charnel ground
Bustled with half million people before
a hundred thousand still left
No food, water nor electricity
No help from outside can reach
If lucky enough
one might be able to fumble
a cabbage or a carrot under ruins
to extend life a day or two
Stray canines bite corpses on streets
Starved people consume dead dogs to survive
Civilization fast reverted back
with scene of a living hell
Yet those alive refused
the invaders’ ultimatum to surrender
continue to fight with their lives
Still they helped the last two
foreign news reporters
to achieve a narrow escape
as enemies were after their lives
to stop their reporting of bare brutality
The city is sinking deeper into darkness
in going through its hellish torment
By Shih-Fang Wang
From: United States