If playing the fool makes fools see what you’re able,
And, turning the tables, you preside at round table;
Presidentially acting, you’re not found to be acting,
But are acting the part and not found to be wanting;
If with children you laugh, dry the tears that they cry,
Feel the loss of the loser and of those who do die,
Meet brutality with honesty, belligerence with defiance,
Garner buoyant support with unity and alliance;
If you lead from the front against the affront,
Speak sharp to deservers of scorn, yet are wont
To preserve every dignity before every dignitary,
But claim no stigmata when rebuffing all stigma;
If you fight a good fight and hold focus on winning,
Keep morals ahigh that allow of no sinning,
And morale of your people keep ahigh while in pain:
Then yours is the world and, moreover, Ukraine.
Image courtesy of the Office of the President of Ukraine