GUSTAV YKEMA'S ARTWORK

The Third Side

By gykema

This poem I wrote in 2004 is so appropiate to the now Ukraine war. Under the circumstances what is the solution when you deal with someone who is unrational. Any rational solution does not apply here. A autocrat/ dictator knows only one language and that is strength. We know the suffering and damage it has created to this generation and those to come. Our enemy is two fold one the man with his propaganda who started this and secondly peoples naivety and natural emotion of war fatigue. Both must be championed, we must not falter as a peace loving society. Time is so important, because the longer it takes to defeat this threat, the more physical/ emotional damage will occur. We as a society must not fear the verbal threats. The damage is done it will only get worse and there is only one answer. We must face the aggressor with the entire brunt of our capabilities, no half measures.

Slava Ukraini