Floral tributes

Flowers strapped to the railings
new bunches from mourners each day
we remove those wilted decaying
tributes to a person we hardly knew.
A floral display to a tragic death
a bright vivid reminder to all
of an horrific incident
unplanned unpredicted
unwanted flowers in our face
when we open our curtains
or return home from work.
This intrusion into our life
this death in our garden
TRAGIC so tragic
but who thinks of us in our shock
the home will not be the same
the front garden stained
with blood of a dying
dead lady tossed by a car
Thrown into this we need
to move on to rebuild
with due respect for the
irreplaceable loss
their public dignity in grief
their private sorrow
and pain behind
their closed doors