For Ukraine (Poem For Feb 25-PouncePunk22)

Let us gather chrysanthemums

For mourning in these perilous times.

Weave them into crowns of sorrow

For grief at lives taken in brutal war.

Scatter their petals on the wind

For sympathy with those who remain.

These are but the slightest gestures,

Tiny funereal floral tributes.

Do more where we can.