Lists for leaving
Sunflowers are the national flower of #Ukraine For a long time, I have not watched the evening news. But these days, I am watching it every evening. The images compel me. I am not living them, so the least I can do is witness them. A young man with a duffel bag, slung across his shoulder. One duffel bag. And his Canadian passport. That got him across the border into Poland. A young girl, holding her aged cat. In a shelter. Where will she go? A young boy, alone, reaching for food from the volunteer and showing the phone number written on his hand. Who will pick him up? An old woman being helped, oh so carefully, across a makeshift bridge of planks. Will she make it to safety? All of them leaving their home and security in Ukraine, for who knows what and who knows where. The images stick in my brain and they got me thinking: What would I take if I had to flee? Sparked by the news, the pieces below come from my imagination, written on March 12, 2022, in the safety of my secure warm h