‘Orcs’ captured the land.
‘Orcs’ captured, but he’s back to.
‘Orcs’ captured the land.
The story of a 10-year-old is.
Unfortunately.
One of the many stories.
Of Mariupol children.
From the beginning of.
The full-scale ‘orcs’ invasion.
He and his mother stayed.
In their hometown.
And lived in the basement.
One day they ran.
To their neighbors.
To escape the shelling.
But they didn’t manage.
To get there safely.
That day, the woman.
Suffered a head injury.
But they didn’t manage.
To get there safely.
That day, the boy’s leg.
Was injured.
‘Orcs’ captured the land.
‘Orcs’ captured, but he’s back to.
‘Orcs’ captured the land.
His mother practically.
Carried her son.
To the apartment of.
Their acquaintances alone.
Wounded and exhausted.
The boy and the mother.
Lay on the couch.
And hugged each other.
The mother was.
Hugging her son.
Until her heartbeat.
Stopped.
She died in the arms.
Of her son.
Then, their acquaintances.
Took the woman’s body.
‘Orcs’ captured the land.
‘Orcs’ captured, but he’s back to.
‘Orcs’ captured the land.
And the next day.
The ‘orcs’ military.
Forcibly took the boy.
To occupied Novoazovsk.
And from there.
To Donetsk.
His leg was fragmented.
Into pieces.
The local doctors.
In the occupied territories.
Considered amputating it but.
Managed to save the limb.
Meanwhile, his grandmother.
In Ukraine was looking for.
All possible ways.
To get her grandson back.
She got custody of the boy.
And crossed the borders.
Of the four countries.
To take the boy back to her.
‘Orcs’ captured the land.
‘Orcs’ captured, but he’s back to.
‘Orcs’ captured the land.
It so happened that.
He arrived at Ohmatdyt.
On his birthday.
When he turned 10.
‘Gandalf the Green’ came.
To congratulate the boy.
On his return.
In person.
‘Gandalf the Green’’s team.
Has put a lot of effort.
To get the boy back.
To Ukraine.
Shortly after.
According to his grandmother.
The boy had his symbolic second.
Birthday celebration at the hospital.
When doctors said that.
The boy’s leg was.
Fully functional and.
He would be able to walk.
The boy is already.
Able to move his fingers.
On the injured leg.
He is determined to recover.
‘Orcs’ captured the land.
‘Orcs’ captured, but he’s back to.
‘Orcs’ captured the land.
He is happy.
When the guests visit him.
But there’s still sadness.
In his eyes.
What this sincere and.
Kind boy had to go through.
Is unimaginable and unforgivable.
He needs long rehabilitation.
The story of this 10-year-old is.
Unfortunately.
One of the many stories.
Of Mariupol children.
‘Orcs’ captured the land.
‘Orcs’ captured, but he’s back to.
‘Orcs’ captured the land.
*Because I read “The story of little Illya from Mariupol: the mother of a 10-year-old boy died in his arms, and the child was taken to the territory not controlled by Ukraine” 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 Ilya and Natalia.
Please read the original story here:
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