The blood of the dead in Bucha – v5

The blood of the dead in Bucha,
Irpin, Izyum, Mariupol, Kharkiv,
Too many places to number,
like the brother of Cain, Abel,
blood crying out from the soil,
for judgment, for justice, for victory…
 
“Never again”, we told them, a promise,
The survivors, those who remember,
Would genocide happen in Europe,
never again would evil be in control,
yet while we debate in the halls of power,
the Tyrant and his army exacting an awful toll…
 
The blood of the dead in Bucha,
Irpin, Izyum, Mariupol, Kharkiv,
Too many places to number,
other towns and cities ravaged,
shaking the conscience of humanity,
the European continent, the world beyond…
 
“Never again”, we told them, a promise,
We would never forget the slaughter,
But history is being repeated,
humanity shackled, hamstrung,
unwilling or unable to stop the genocide,
the atrocities in Ukraine, on its people,
Russia’s terror upon a nation-state…
 
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Edited November 29, 2024
The blood of the dead of Bucha – v5
 
Edited March 31, 2024
The blood of the dead of Bucha – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/the-blood-of-dead-in-bucha-v4.html
Edited November 19, 2023
The blood of the dead in Bucha – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/11/the-blood-of-dead-in-bucha-v3.html
Edited November 19, 2023
Crying for Crimea, for Ukraine – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/11/crying-for-crimea-for-ukraine-v2_19.html
Edited March 31, 2024
Ukraine must Win – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/ukraine-must-win-v2.html
March 19, 2024
Ukraine must Win
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/ukraine-must-win.html
March 19, 2024
Statement by US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin
https://www.defense.gov/News/Speeches/Speech/Article/3710899/opening-remarks-by-secretary-of-defense-lloyd-j-austin-iii-at-the-20th-ukraine/
at Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting in Germany
“The United States will not let Ukraine fail.
This coalition will not let Ukraine fail, and
the free world will not let Ukraine fail,”
&
Neither the word “win” nor the word “victory”
Is included in Austin’s opening remarks…
 
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