Oleksandr V. Vapniar (Tyhr)

Alexander wrote poems… Here are some of them.₴Think₴Why have you all become like this,₴Why are you sold out, like cattle?!₴Why do you dislike us so much, we were with you like brothers.₴We always stood brother for brother,₴there was always one goal, we defeated Hitler together,₴and were as close as family.₴But you are still not satisfied with money and fame,₴you need all the land,₴you are wrapped in evil charms, that have plunged you into oblivion.₴Every day you pay the enemies,₴to fight on the land,₴to rob our Mother and carry glory to the Kremlin.₴Think, before it's too late,₴before you die because of your guilt,₴that you choked on Ukraine, when you wanted to "help"…₴April 14, 2015₴My country₴And I live in Ukraine, this is my native land.₴The sky is clear and blue there, I have been there since childhood.₴Here are people, kind and not indifferent, and we have golden land.₴But there is one trouble in the country — this damned Putin's war.₴He wants to annex our Crimea, forcibly take Donbas from us and give everything to Russia.₴But he will not be able to do this, as long as we are one family.₴As long as our boys die for our faith and life, for our Mother Ukraine₴For our old Cossack spirit, for the peaceful sky over the land we will fight and not give up…₴January 9, 2015₴The last time You saw my eyes.₴You did not look away for too long.₴A tear rolled down Your cheek,₴For my heart has forever fallen silent.₴It has known much joy,₴In those days when it lived for You.₴And with Your heart it beat as one,₴Warmed by tender affection and love.₴But everything living has its limits…₴There is a peak of life, the last summit.₴Just like that, I did not want to leave You,₴But what can be done, that's how FATE decided.₴2011