“My family was killed.
In front of me.”
A 41-year-old lost his family.
During the evacuation from Bucha.
His wife and two sons.
Of age nine and four.
They all died while.
Trying to evacuate from Bucha.
He was seriously.
Injured himself.
And his leg.
Was amputated.
A week after the tragedy.
His neighbor found the bodies.
Of his wife and two sons.
And buried them.
He can’t say the three names.
Without bursting into tears.
Those are the names.
Of his wife and two sons.
He and his family moved.
To Bucha in 2014.
When the ‘orcs’ occupied.
His native Donetsk.
He fled to the Kyiv region.
With his extended family:
Both his parents and his.
Brother’s family came with them.
In Bucha, they built.
Their new happy life.
He and his wife.
Had another baby.
The eldest son was.
A model student at school.
In Bucha, they built.
Their new happy life.
He can’t say the three names.
Without bursting into tears.
Those are the names.
Of his wife and two sons.
From the beginning of.
The full-scale ‘orcs’ invasion.
The family has been.
Staying in Bucha.
They didn’t want to leave.
Their grandfather who was paralyzed.
The family lived in the basement.
For more than a week.
They were living.
Without gas or water.
But fortunately, they has.
A well in the yard.
But the shelling hasn’t.
Stopped for a moment.
So they finally decided.
To flee.
He can’t say the three names.
Without bursting into tears.
Those are the names.
Of his wife and two sons.
On March 6.
They and their neighbors.
Packed their staff.
And left the house.
He says they were driving.
Very slowly so that.
It was clear that.
They were civilians.
The family managed to drive.
Only 300 meters.
When the ‘orcs’.
Opened fire on them.
The civilian cars were shot at.
By two infantry combat vehicles.
“The children were killed.
At once.”
“When I turned around.
To look at them.
They were already dead.
I looked at my wife.”
“She said something.
To me and then.
That’s it… she also died.”
He says crying.
He can’t say the three names.
Without bursting into tears.
Those are the names.
Of his wife and two sons.
His leg was severely injured.
Part of it was almost.
Torn off, he says.
Their neighbors’ cars also.
And the driver died on the spot.
The driver’s wife and godfather.
Managed to escape from the attack.
And hide in the woods.
When the ‘orcs’.
Infantry combat vehicles left.
People passing the scene saved him.
And took him to a nearby hospital.
His leg was amputated.
Then he was taken to Ohmatdyt.
He underwent.
Numerous surgeries.
*Because I read ““My family was killed in front of me”: 41-year-old Alexander lost his family during the evacuation from Bucha” on the website of OHMATDYT, and also “Why are Ukrainians calling Russians ‘orcs’?” by James FitzGerald on 30 Apr 2022, on the BBC news.
So, I wrote this poem as a story of Oleksandr, Margarita, Matthew and Klim.
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