If we ask the girl.
What she wants.
We will hear the voice of.
The whole of Ukraine:
“What I want most.
Is to go home.
And for the war.
To stop.”
She is a native resident.
Of Irpin.
She is an ophthalmologist.
By profession.
When the war broke out.
She just took.
Her parents from.
The hospital in Bucha.
They had no sooner finished.
Their treatment for covid.
Than the family was.
In trouble again.
The family waited.
A few days.
And decided it was time.
To evacuate the city.
The family drove two cars.
To the ‘orcs’ checkpoint.
That’s when the worst began:
‘Orcs’ soldiers started shooting.
At civilian cars with mortars.
A mine exploded 10 metres.
Away from the car where.
She was sitting.
The woman and her.
7-year-old daughter received.
Severe shrapnel wounds.
Their legs were severely injured.
The mother and the girl were.
Taken to an Irpin hospital.
Both stayed there.
For three days.
The mother and the girl say.
The shelling did not.
Stop for a moment.
For three days.
If we ask the girl.
What she wants.
We will hear the voice of.
The whole of Ukraine:
“What I want most.
Is to go home.
And for the war.
To stop.”
In the end.
They decided to evacuate.
The wounded by ambulance.
To Kyiv.
There was only one way.
To escape.
Across the destroyed bridge.
There, ‘elves’ soldiers.
Carried the mother.
On a wheelchair.
And one soldier carried.
The girl in his arms.
The girl still remembers.
Her saviour – “Uncle Seryozha”.
The guy promised.
To buy her a bike.
Now the girl is in Okhmatdyt.
And is sure to recover.
Our doctors operated.
On many patients.
During the 14 days.
Of the war.
On many patients who were.
Injured during the war.
The mother and daughter were.
Diagnosed with severe damage.
To the soft tissues.
Of the thighs.
Both underwent surgeries.
And had shrapnel removed.
The mother also had a piece of.
glass stuck in her arm.
It is very risky.
To remove it from there.
It will probably stay with.
The woman for life.
If we ask the girl.
What she wants.
We will hear the voice of.
The whole of Ukraine:
“What I want most.
Is to go home.
And for the war.
To stop.”
The mother’s elderly.
Parents stayed in Irpin.
Where there is no connection.
Electricity or water.
Nothing is known.
About their fate.
The woman can’t hold back.
Her tears:
Her father was born.
In 1937.
And survived.
The Second World War.
But he may not survive.
The current war.
The little girl is.
Always very sad.
If we ask the girl.
What she wants.
We will hear the voice of.
The whole of Ukraine:
“What I want most.
Is to go home.
And for the war.
To stop.”
*Because I read “The Stories of Ohmatdyt children who have suffered from the war” on the website of OHMATDYT, and also “Why are Ukrainians calling Russians ‘orcs’?” by James FitzGerald on 30 Apr 2022, on the BBC news.
OHMATDYT starts showing us 8 stories on the page as follows:
“Dear journalists and media people, Ohmatdyt is kindly asking you to share the stories of the children who have suffered from the war. Some of them turned out to be receiving treatment in our hospital, where the specialists are fighting for their health and even life in a courageous way. Unfortunately, it’s not possible to help everyone. We collected 8 stories, which broke our hearts in this post. We are kindly asking you to share them and use the photos and videos for the whole world to see the crimes of Russia against the children in Ukraine.”
So, I wrote this poem as a story of Natalia and Varya.
Please read the original story and look at the photos and videos here:
The Stories of Ohmatdyt children who have suffered from the war | Охматдит
Telegram: Contact @ndslohmatdyt
**My friend kindly shows you this poem in one page of the Ukrainian website for their children and others!
Please join them! You can read my 15 poems about the Ohmatdyt Children’s Hospital here at once.