Ukraine Song with Artwork by Rick Rose

 

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Artist Rick Rose produced this artwork I envisioned with my song on Ukraine.

Ukraine Song

(Refrain) Keep your babies from harm
There's a war going on

Mothers in Ukraine
Are cryin' in vain
Orphans of a new war
Parents killed in a pink mist
Russia without faith
Atheists abound
Putin the dictator
Tears Ukraine down

(R)

The sunflower 🌻 stands her ground
Like a missile deflecting the attack
Putin's forces must retract
Iodine tabs distributed for the mass
Let's not have a nuclear blast

(R)

A woman plays her violin
A humanitarian crisis caused by Putin's regime
Orphaned children and kidnapped victims

(R)

Youth trained to annihilate echoes of Hitler's war
Annexing parcels in Ukraine while Martial Law is imposed.
Can't Russia see the man's insane
How many deaths all in vain?

(R) Keep your babies from harm
There's a war going on

Keep your babies from harm
There's a war going on.

It should be noted this art is currently on display at the Vista Visions Art Gallery in Flint Township, Michigan at the Genesee Valley Mall near Barnes and Noble as of June 26, 2024.

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8mo

Wow this is great 😊 👍
Amazing artwork and an awesome song to back it up
Keep up the great work Madeleine 🙏❤️

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8mo

Wilson Jacobs Thank you, Wilson

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I have never witnessed a crueler time in society, such as, with Netanyahu killing the Palestinians in Gaza when it is a small sect, Hamas, that attacked Israel. I am not dismissing the 4,000 that were killed in Israel; however, I view the response as excessive, 20,000 killed and White Phosphorus being used by Israel to further induce pain.

Trump is much like Netanyahu in being a dictator and let us not forget Putin is in that same category as well as Xi Jinping. So, what has all of this to do with my family? Both of my parents had mental illness. As for our children, the illness is rampant. In Trump's world, like Scrooge in Dickens' novella prior to Scrooge's reformation, those that do not contribute to the traditional workforce are expendable and thus forgotten while rendered to a life of poverty.

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How do we value a smile? How do we care for our young? Today, society under the capitalist system does not value our disabled. More than likely, if one is disabled, that person will be rendered to a life of poverty. I want to write a novel on this topic that will be as moving as Charles Dickens' stories, but without all the adjectives. The youth of today will not have the patience for all of Dickens' descriptions as their interest is quick ...tell me the story that is so conveniently found on cellphones.

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I take exception to President Biden's position in Israel. Netanyahu is problematic. He is a dictator and corrupt. I want to make it clear; I do not support Hamas. I believe the Palestinian people deserve to be protected. Some have said Netanyahu by giving 48 hours for the Palestinian people to get out of Gaza was sufficient. Imagine trying to leave in the chaos.

The tragedy of this whole thing is the innocents on both sides. As the daughter of a veteran, I was twelve years old when I went to a Veteran's Hospital and witnessed a young man with no legs and no arms on a gurney without anyone speaking to him.

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