We have to deal with people
As they are
Not as we would like them to be
Putin seemed a nice guy
But remember he’s KGB
Dictator now
He’s trapped by power you see
Once you overstep the mark
You are burdened now with blame
A certain thing – accountability
You cannot shake it off yourself
It sticks to you like glue
Only confession absolution
Only that will do
Himmler in his rise to power
Bought in to Adolf’s creed
Wanting Germany great again
Supreme command a need
In Minsk he witnessed slaughter
It caused him to feel ill
Then addressing troops he told them
It is necessary to kill
Accountability came his way
In 1945
When stumbling out of woods
With companions he was spied
My father grabbed him by the arm
And led him to his fate
The truth will out
It always does
Though it comes now soon or late
Brian Fahy
17 June 2021
Erris Poetry 