How to put this story together:
what happened to Jewish relatives
mine and so many others
the scenes a while ago in the long Shoah
movie where Claude Lanzman asked
people in small Ukrainian villages about Jews
and now, Jewish president,
even a comedian, in the country of Ukraine,
fighting bravely against Putin
entirely maniacal,
Putin wants war how can anyone ever
want war and we,
supporting Ukraine from afar,
listening horrified to news and numbers
we try to understand
to know what to do
to help in small ways with yellow and blue.
Light in the darkness from the Ship of The Fens: https://www.instagram.com/p/Caaufc1ILdN/?utm_medium=copy_link
Some history is worse than devoid of sense. The worst human frailties, ego, greed, power swarm untethered, dark forces that don't value the gift of life.
To repeat history's horrors is unconscionable and yet...