Ukrainian Girl

You were pretty on that day
Smiling like a new-found wife
Still, the hours have their laws
Like the shell that found your life

Did they even know your name?
Or praise the genes that shaped your face?
Some things are better left unseen
You, in your lonely resting place

And what memories did you take
Into your alabaster sleep?
Worthy of your dream of life
In a world where life is cheap?

Is your bright smile already gone?
A comment in the book of debt?
The guilty planet staggers on
Heedless of your needless death


Citizenfitz