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Harrowing Hours

too far to run to,

an oasis for only some,

hunkered down in their corridors

when the Shaheds come...

the whine of the missiles, 

the whizz of the drones,

awake on their mats

when sleep will not come...

a bag at the ready

ever ready to run

to head for shelter

when the Moskals come...

a people exhausted

by years of war, terror,

holding onto humanity

Hoping sleep will come...

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