Strangest Fruit
The strangest fruit of World War two
A precious harvest rarely seen
Serenity enveloped face
A woman child not yet eighteen
She shot the tyrants without fear
To save her country from their reign
Though captured and told she would die
butย could have saved herself from pain
To do this would require just words
The words revealing names of who
Had also tried to thwart the ones
The Nazis and their evil crew
She was not one to find betrayal
An easy route sheโd choose to take
So told them she would be no traitor
And died still silent ย for their sake.
Authors note
Lepa Radiฤ was a Bosnian Serb who was executedย by Hanging at the age of 17 for shooting at Nazis during World War 2.
In her last moments, they offered to spare her life in return for the names of her accomplices, but she refused by saying, "I am not a traitor of my people. Those whom you are asking about will reveal themselves when they have succeeded in wiping out all you evildoers, to the last man."
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Very thoughtful and sad piece..such a brave young lady
so true Stevie and so sadย xx
So many stories, too many to count.
One thing is for sure
The glorious and brave will survive for all eternity, in our hearts, reminding us to face our foes with great love and honour.
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Sometimes we need to take a realistic look at people who deserveย our respect..too often, particularly in recent days, we turn celebrities into heroes..for doing what?...well nothing much really. I wanted to take a breath of reality and remember why some people deserve our admiration and respect and as you say this young lady is part of the 'glorious and brave that will survive for all eternity, in our hearts' Thank you so much for your wise words my friend.ย Lodigiana xx
whatย a great poemย
Thank you so much Greg..What a brave young lady she was. xx
wow it is just amazing to read you again...I've missed my cosmo friends!
Hello my darling! although I now seem to have all the time in the world I dont have much inspirationย but am trying! I hope you are staying well and safe. Thank you for your kind words xxx
Lodigiana, somethings in life are worth fighting for and worth dying for.
A powerful write and thank you for doing so, for I read a lot on WW2 and have never seen this photo of that heroic young woman a mere teenager or of her name or tragic but stoic story.
I do now thanks to you and choose never to forget her.
Out of respect for her, her cause and her ultimate sacrifice.
It also hurts me as wellย that your thought provoking poem might be lost on the youth of today and society in general.ย
A society obsessed with gizmo's, drugs, each other's Facebook socialย standing and the flashy personalised number plate cars.
So vacant, hollow and selfish.
While they dine at MacDonald's this poor girl was probably living off the land always looking over her shoulder at tyranny out to exploit and murder.
I know what you are saying here and champion you for doing so.
I pinned this for a respectful revisit and reread and thank you for writing so honourably and soulfully and my friend,
Lepa Radiฤ is never forgotten.
Take care Lodigiana and thank you for choosing to respect true bravery and cherishing life.
Shaun.x.ย
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I have stood within feet of that exact spot to pay homage to this amazing young woman ..
and through your words today am again reminded of the feeling of awe and immense admiration I had for her back then and still have to this very day ..
These fine words just needed to be writ & I for one, thank you for each and every one of them ................................ Neville