More Than an Upset

Day Four of the applecart

Which spills its far from pleasant load

The suddenness shocks toughest heart

Bruised and scattered, hopes implode.

 

Core-shaken women soon take flight

Or shelter in Kiev underground

While conscripts must prepare to fight:

Thoughts of Prometheus Unbound…

 

Dramatic scenes caught by world Press

 Peace, in tears, flees centre stage

How can one man cause so much stress?

We hardly dare to turn the page …

 

As Corona, somewhat tamed, recedes,

Travel opens up again

Now border crossings fill news feeds:

 Mass human exodus – in pain …

(c) Poet in the woods 2022