1931-1933
The ravens
black
against a grey
sky
circle
keeping vigil
with death
over the
villages.
The steppes
stand barren
her soul
still vertile
only covers
the hungered
who lay
emaciated
void of
life
never to
be loved again
only remembered.
Fathers, mothers
brothers, sisters
being returned
to the land
that once
fed them
nurtured them.
Their souls
lay in wait.

Freed
from their
bodies
by Stalins
hate.
From this
sacred soil
life
will bloom
again.
Songs will
rise above the
Steppes
its melody
FREEDOM

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