At 1.23am, April 26,1986, two explosions destroyed reactor Four at the nuclear plant in Chernobyl, Russia. Huge clouds of radioactive gases and debris rose five miles into the atmosphere depositing hazardous material across the globe. Hundreds of people, known as Liquidators, gave their lives to clean up the damage. <br /> <br />They gave for the world to survive <br />Hearing no more a child's laughter <br />Not seeing our tears for lives cut short <br />Weeping for those yet to be born. <br /> <br />Cities, towns, villages evacuated <br />Millions removed from radiation pollution <br />Fallout covering half the planet <br />Nowhere safe from the deadly rain. <br /> <br />The sacrifice of the Liquidators <br />Dying capping Reactor Four <br />Was supreme human endeavour <br />Giving lives to save millions. <br /> <br />Still they die the children of Chernobyl <br />Born broken, deformed, cancer ridden <br />Dead and buried before teen years <br />In an exclusion zone lasting three thousand years.<br /><br />Colin Ian Jeffery<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/chernobyl-3/
