Carpathian Hoarfrost No Light

A Poem from the War on Ukraine

Foothills of Carpathains: Photo by Author

Hoarfrost clings ever so lightly on the still green trees
Mist mysteriously rises in the foothills of the Carpathians
No lights flicker in the homes in the horizon on the outlying hills
Power does not feed the circuitry that lights these hamlets
Yet the people go on, they live within whatever means they have
When the power returns, they do their washing, their cooking
No one…