When the family has decided to flee.
All the major bridges.
In the city were.
Already destroyed.
There was only one road left.
But ‘orcs’ soldiers.
Didn’t stop shooting.
All day.
As soon as the family.
Crossed the bridge.
And got out of the car.
The enemy started yet another attack.
The first shell hit.
A car next to them.
Just 5 meters away.
The car exploded.
Fortunately.
There were no people inside.
The entire family.
Were injured by shrapnel.
The mother and the little boy.
His father.
Older sister.
And her boyfriend.
5-year-old was badly.
Injured in the leg.
Then, the ‘orcs’ fired.
Another 20 shells.
“When I ran to the car.
I saw injured people.
Laying around, some of them.
Has lost their limbs.”
“I saw a dead woman.”
The mother says.
They tied the child’s leg.
With a tourniquet.
And rushed him to.
The nearest local hospital.
On the way, the little boy said.
That he didn’t feel pain at all.
Although his mother could not.
Even look at his injured leg.
The family received first aid.
At a small local hospital.
When the child talks.
About the war.
His mother cannot hold back.
Her tears.
The mother didn’t dare to.
Leave the city earlier.
Because her eldest son served.
In the Armed Forces in Chernihiv.
Then, the boy was.
Sent to Ohmatdyt.
The family is currently treated.
At the Orthopedics and Traumatology Department.
Ohmatdyt doctors.
Performed surgeries.
On the victims and.
Removed numerous fragments.
There is no threat.
To their life now.
The family is.
In rehabilitation.
Up until recently.
This family from Chernihiv.
Had refused to leave.
Their hometown.
Although it was becoming.
More dangerous.
For them to stay.
With each passing day.
Their house has been.
Under fire.
Since the first day of.
The full-scale ‘orcs’ invasion.
Overall, the family.
Has spent a month.
In Chernihiv.
Under fire.
When the child talks.
About the war.
His mother cannot hold back.
Her tears.
The mother didn’t dare to.
Leave the city earlier.
Because her eldest son served.
In the Armed Forces in Chernihiv.
For over two weeks.
There was no gas.
Electricity, water, and.
Heating in their apartment.
A mother of three.
Recalls that.
They had to cook.
The food outside.
“We learned how to define.
the type of shelling by its sound.
The house was shaking.
From the constant shelling.”
“We used to spend the night.
Either in the basement or.
In the corridor because.
The worst began at night.”
Her 5-year-old son recalls:
“It was dark in the basement.
There was only one lamp.
And there was no food.”
The boy adds:
“They fired at us.
Very, very hard.
It was scary.”
When the family has decided to flee.
All the major bridges.
In the city were.
Already destroyed.
*Because I read “The first shell exploded just some 5 meters from us:” Family from Chernihiv was injured during the evacuation from the city. Now, they are being treated in Ohmatdyt.” 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 Tetiana and Dima.
Please read the original story and look at the photos here:
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