Hurry Kherson, come back home
We yearn with open arms
The devil’s boot is on your throat
But angels aren’t too far
The Russian Army is in retreat
Freedom on the rise
Ukrainians fight for family and friends
Russian troops are tricked with lies
Putin wants a land route to Crimea
Control of Kherson is the path
Kherson fell to Russians on March 2
Once home to 300,000, now barely half
In April Russia installed a new mayor
Ukrainian resistance in retreat
Deadly fire rains down on protests
Plain-clothes State Security roam the streets
Now the streets are mostly empty
Feel the Russian might
It’s illegal to gather in groups
And you can’t go out at night
Rape, torture, kidnapping
Occupation grim
Leaflets on an oak tree
Look for disappeared kin
But Ukraine’s counteroffensive is rolling
Exciting advances in the North
Attention now turns to Kherson
Before the winter frost
It’s not a question of if, but when
Kherson will be liberated
Ukraine’s military is superior
Russians are spent and hated
Putin orders not to retreat
But soldiers see the map
Get cut off from the Dnieper River
They’ll be trapped like Russian rats
Hurry Kherson, yes, we hear the call
Liberation is on the way
We hope to toast your good health
Upon this Christmas day
I heard a refugee from Kherson say
About her terrible journey
“I only believe in two things now
God and the Ukrainian army”
Waipahu Bob 