Stars Over Ukraine

Raucous blooms transfigure the heavens

Into a vermilion sigh,— subsequently met

With a terminate lullaby, inching closer

Counterfeit stars alight unsuspecting windows

While ghosts of history haunt the inevitable.

Scorched earth. Modern warfare.

Bloodstained faces with stark white intent.

Well-suited adolescents masqueraded as Men.

War-torn and firstborn marched into oblivion.