War Gloom

Poem written on a foggy day in Kyiv

Kyiv, Fomini Botanical Garden: February 12, 2024: Photo by Author

Heavy fog lays in gullies and alleys Old Kyiv
War gloom haunts our days, our nights
Always death, Always destruction, Always suffering

Old woman dead in a coffin
Natural death seems alien

Doom, Gloom, can’t be swept away by a broom
Yet we clean away war’s never-ending debris
We ask…