Their hearts beating together - v2

Mary and Jesus,
for the months after the Spirit,
after the immaculate conception,
before our Savior’s birth…
 
Their hearts beating together,
Mary and her son Jesus,
Christ growing within her,
our Savior, Emmanuel…
 
Mary and Jesus,
their songs, their love story,
making the eternal mortal,
growing in His mother’s womb…
 
Their hearts beating together,
as they would forever, truly,
with Him at conception,
beyond that day on the cross…
 
Mary and Jesus,
Child and her Father,
His first disciple Mary,
exalted on high…
 
Their hearts beating together,
In each breath, each moment,
Mother and Child forever,
Their hearts beating as one…
 
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Edited January 4, 2025
Their hearts beating together – v2
Based on #Luke1:46-55, The Magnificat
Based on #Psalm139:13-16
Based on #John8:59
Based on #John8:48-59
Based on #Luke1:39-45
Based on #Philippians2:5-11
Based on #Genesis 1:26
Based on #John1:1-3
Based on #John1:1-18
Based on I Am statements of Jesus in the Gospel of John
January 4, 2025
Their hearts beating together
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/their-hearts-beating-together.html
January 4, 2025
Christ heard Mary’s heart beating
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/christ-heard-marys-heart-beating.html
Based on #Luke1:35
January 4, 2025
Nine months within Mary
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/nine-months-within-mary.html
January 4, 2025
Conscious of His divinity
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/conscious-of-his-divinity_4.html
&
Edited January 3, 2025
Constrained by His flesh – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/constrained-by-his-flesh-v2.html
Based on #Philippians2
Men’s Group conversation
January 1, 2025
a tear in the fabric of time - 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/a-tear-in-fabric-of-time-2.html
January 1, 2025
the sentience of Christ
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-sentience-of-christ.html
January 1, 2025
Drafted December 28, 2024
He humbled himself – 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/he-humbled-himself-2.html
&
December 26, 2024
Eternal God donned human flesh
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/eternal-god-donned-human-flesh.html
Edited December 26, 2024
Kneeling before Your manger
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/kneeling-before-your-manger.html
Edited December 26, 2024
in Our likeness - 2 - v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/in-our-likeness-v2.html
Christmas Day
December 25, 2024

All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
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Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, Advent, Christmas, sacrifice, Savior, Good Friday, Easter, Ascension, Second Coming, Lent, Jesus, Mary, incarnation, Magnificat,
 
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Attrition a cancer

Attrition a cancer,
the virus of Russia,
metastasized, spreading,
devouring so much,
a plague on the earth…
 
Attrition a cancer,
the virus of Russia,
no soul, no memory,
just abject carnage,
no remorse, only terror…
 
Attrition a cancer,
the virus of Russia,
a war of genocide,
nothing remaining,
yet they will rebuild…
 
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January 4, 2025
Attrition a cancer
 
Edited November 29, 2024
Attrition – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/11/attrition-v4.html
November 1, 2024
Skin in the game
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/11/skin-in-game.html
Edited and posted October 17, 2024
In this moment of madness – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/in-this-moment-of-madness-v2_27.html
Edited and posted October 17, 2024
A death sentence – 2 – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/a-death-sentence-2-v2_26.html
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/a-death-sentence-2-v2_25.html
Edited and posted October 17, 2024
The anguished words of the defenders
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-anguished-words-of-defenders-v2_26.html
Edited and posted October 17, 2024
Ten years under the gun – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/ten-years-under-gun-v2_26.html
Written and posted October 15, 2024
in this moment of madness
Typed October 18, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/in-this-moment-of-madness_25.html
&
Written and posted October 12, 2024
In the crucible of war – 2 – v1
Typed October 17, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/in-crucible-of-war-2-v1_25.html
&
Edited and posted October 17, 2024
A death sentence – 2 – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/a-death-sentence-2-v2_25.html
written and posted October 11, 2024
The anguished words of the defenders
typed October 17, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-anguished-words-of-defenders.html
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 202 2022, 2023, and 2024. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
poetry, Ukraine, God, prayer, war, terror, genocide, Russia, peace, victory, Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian, freedom, independence, history, glory, attrition, Marinka, Vovchansk, Bakhmut, Sievierodonetsk,.
 
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Their hearts beating together

Mary and Jesus,
for the months after the Spirit,
after the immaculate conception,
before our Savior’s birth…
 
Their hearts beating together,
Mary and her son Jesus,
the Christ growing within her,
our Savior, Emmanuel…
 
Mary and Jesus,
their love story, their song,
bringing the eternal mortal,
growing in his mother’s womb…
 
Their hearts beating together,
as the would forever, truly,
with him at conception,
beyond that day on the cross…
 
Mary and Jesus,
Child and her Father,
His first disciple Mary,
exalted on high…
 
=====================
January 4, 2025
Their hearts beating together
 
Based on #Luke1:46-55, The Magnificat
Based on #Psalm139:13-16
Based on #John8:59
Based on #John8:48-59
Based on #Luke1:39-45
Based on #Philippians2:5-11
Based on #Genesis 1:26
Based on #John1:1-3
Based on #John1:1-18
Based on I Am statements of Jesus in the Gospel of John
January 4, 2025
Christ heard Mary’s heart beating
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/christ-heard-marys-heart-beating.html
Based on #Luke1:35
January 4, 2025
Nine months within Mary
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/nine-months-within-mary.html
January 4, 2025
Conscious of His divinity
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/conscious-of-his-divinity_4.html
&
Edited January 3, 2025
Constrained by His flesh – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/constrained-by-his-flesh-v2.html
Based on #Philippians2
Men’s Group conversation
January 1, 2025
a tear in the fabric of time - 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/a-tear-in-fabric-of-time-2.html
January 1, 2025
the sentience of Christ
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-sentience-of-christ.html
January 1, 2025
Drafted December 28, 2024
He humbled himself – 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/he-humbled-himself-2.html
&
December 26, 2024
Eternal God donned human flesh
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/eternal-god-donned-human-flesh.html
Edited December 26, 2024
Kneeling before Your manger
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/kneeling-before-your-manger.html
Edited December 26, 2024
in Our likeness - 2 - v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/in-our-likeness-v2.html
Christmas Day
December 25, 2024
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
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Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, Advent, Christmas, sacrifice, Savior, Good Friday, Easter, Ascension, Second Coming, Lent, Jesus, Mary, incarnation, Magnificat,
 
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Christ heard Mary’s heart beating

From the moment the Holy Spirit fell upon her,
piercing the veil, a tear in the fabric of time,
descending in that instant from heaven,
He felt his body forming, growing,
within the womb of Mary…
 
Christ heard Mary’s heart beating,
the waters of her blood flowing,
feeding Him, growing, living,
within the secret place,
the eternal mortal, flesh…
 
Emmanuel, Messiah, come to earth,
in the well of her womb, growing,
Christ, God here with us, transcendent,
conscious of His divinity always,
yet an embryo, a baby, human flesh…
 
Christ heard Mary’s heart beating,
stronger as He grew in secret,
fed by her love, her blood,
in the well of her womb,
becoming ready to enter the world…
 
The King of Kings, our Lord of Lords,
His body quickening, taking His first breath,
held in the hands of Joseph, of Mary,
His first cries of life of love for us,
the eternal, laid in His manger bed…
 
=====================
January 4, 2025
Christ heard Mary’s heart beating
 
Based on #Luke1:35
Based on #Psalm139:13-16
Based on #John8:59
Based on #John8:48-59
Based on #Luke1:39-45
Based on #Philippians2:5-11
Based on #Genesis 1:26
Based on #John1:1-3
Based on #John1:1-18
Based on I Am statements of Jesus in the Gospel of John
January 4, 2025
Nine months within Mary
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/nine-months-within-mary.html
January 4, 2025
Conscious of His divinity
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/conscious-of-his-divinity_4.html
&
Edited January 3, 2025
Constrained by His flesh – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/constrained-by-his-flesh-v2.html
Based on #Philippians2
Men’s Group conversation
January 1, 2025
a tear in the fabric of time - 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/a-tear-in-fabric-of-time-2.html
January 1, 2025
the sentience of Christ
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-sentience-of-christ.html
January 1, 2025
Drafted December 28, 2024
He humbled himself – 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/he-humbled-himself-2.html
&
December 26, 2024
Eternal God donned human flesh
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/eternal-god-donned-human-flesh.html
Edited December 26, 2024
Kneeling before Your manger
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/kneeling-before-your-manger.html
Edited December 26, 2024
in Our likeness - 2 - v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/in-our-likeness-v2.html
Christmas Day
December 25, 2024
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
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Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, Advent, Christmas, sacrifice, Savior, Good Friday, Easter, Ascension, Second Coming, Lent, Merry Christmas, New Year,
 
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Nine months within Mary

Nine months within Mary,
growing as we do, alive,
but fully conscious of His divinity,
of the uniqueness of His creation,
before the quickening of His flesh…
 
God growing within Mary,
His mother, yet His daughter,
for He was in Creation, the beginning,
“Before Abraham was, I Am”,
God within the womb of Mary…
 
=====================
January 4, 2025
Nine months within Mary
 
Based on #John8:59
Based on #John8:48-59
Based on #Luke1:39-45
Based on #Philippians2:5-11
Based on #Genesis 1:26
Based on #John1:1-3
Based on #John1:1-18
Based on I Am statements of Jesus in the Gospel of John
January 4, 2025
Conscious of His divinity
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/conscious-of-his-divinity_4.html
&
Edited January 3, 2025
Constrained by His flesh – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/constrained-by-his-flesh-v2.html
Based on #Philippians2
Men’s Group conversation
January 1, 2025
a tear in the fabric of time - 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/a-tear-in-fabric-of-time-2.html
January 1, 2025
the sentience of Christ
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-sentience-of-christ.html
January 1, 2025
Drafted December 28, 2024
He humbled himself – 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/he-humbled-himself-2.html
&
December 26, 2024
Eternal God donned human flesh
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/eternal-god-donned-human-flesh.html
Edited December 26, 2024
Kneeling before Your manger
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/kneeling-before-your-manger.html
Edited December 26, 2024
in Our likeness - 2 - v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/in-our-likeness-v2.html
Christmas Day
December 25, 2024
&
Edited December 28, 2024
Let us draw near – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/let-us-draw-near-v2.html
Edited December 28, 2024
dipping my cup, again – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/dipping-my-cup-again-v2.html
December 22, 2024
dipping my cup, again
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/dipping-my-cup-again.html
Based on #Hebrews10:22-25
Edited December 21, 2024
returning to the well – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/returning-to-well-v3.html
Men’s group conversation
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
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Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, Advent, Christmas, sacrifice, Savior, Good Friday, Easter, Ascension, Second Coming, Lent, Merry Christmas, New Year,
 
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Conscious of His divinity

Christ was God, divine,
at Creation, in the womb of Mary,
conscious of His divinity,
before the quickening of His flesh,
God alive in Creation, entering time,
what must Christ have felt, awareness,
growing in Mary’s womb…
 
Christ was fully alive in her body,
the eternal made mortal, growing as we do,
but aware of His divinity, fully God,
indwelling within her vessel, the seed of eternity,
the hope of all mankind, of life, itself,
before the manger, before John leapt,
Christ was conscious of His divinity before all else…
 
=====================
January 4, 2025
Conscious of His divinity
 
Based on #Luke1:39-45
Based on #Philippians2:5-11
&
Edited January 3, 2025
Constrained by His flesh – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/constrained-by-his-flesh-v2.html
Based on #Philippians2
Men’s Group conversation
January 1, 2025
a tear in the fabric of time - 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/a-tear-in-fabric-of-time-2.html
January 1, 2025
the sentience of Christ
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-sentience-of-christ.html
January 1, 2025
Drafted December 28, 2024
He humbled himself – 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/he-humbled-himself-2.html
&
December 26, 2024
Eternal God donned human flesh
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/eternal-god-donned-human-flesh.html
Edited December 26, 2024
Kneeling before Your manger
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/kneeling-before-your-manger.html
Edited December 26, 2024
in Our likeness - 2 - v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/in-our-likeness-v2.html
Christmas Day
Based on #Genesis 1:26
Based on #John1:1-3
Based on #John1:1-18
December 25, 2024
&
Edited December 28, 2024
Let us draw near – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/let-us-draw-near-v2.html
Edited December 28, 2024
dipping my cup, again – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/dipping-my-cup-again-v2.html
December 22, 2024
dipping my cup, again
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/dipping-my-cup-again.html
Based on #Hebrews10:22-25
Edited December 21, 2024
returning to the well – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/returning-to-well-v3.html
Men’s group conversation

All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
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Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, Advent, Christmas, sacrifice, Savior, Good Friday, Easter, Ascension, Second Coming, Lent, Merry Christmas, New Year,
 
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Conscious of His divinity

Conscious of His #divinity 

#Luke1:39-45

#Philippians2:5-11

All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. All of my poems are at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

Unchain me from my body - v2

Lift me from this mortal coil,

give me wings to fly,

to rise above the earth,

to fly to my homeland...

Lord, let me rise, let me fly,

from my cell from my bed,

to my angel's side,

unchain me from my body,

oh God, let me rise…

My cries in the shadows,

In the watches of the night,

wanting her beside me,

how I long to take flight… 

Release me, Lord, I pray,

from chains of my flesh,

let me soar, let me rise,

from my cell, from my room,

oh God, let me fly...

Unchain me from my body,

let my spirit rise, may I soar,

over the miles, the many hours,

until I reach her shores… 

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Edited January 3, 2025
Unchain me from my body – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/unchain-me-from-my-body-v2.html
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 202 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
Poetry, God, spirit, prayer, love, desire, wife, husband, dream, flight, flying, fly, lovers, Taras Shevchenko, Ukraine, prison, exile, diaspora, Ukraina,
 
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Constrained by His flesh – v2

God held within mortal clay,
by the flesh of His body,
constrained as a child, this babe,
yet He is fully God…
 
the sentience of Christ,
from Creation, immortal,
yet God dwelling here with us,
a tear in the fabric of time,
the eternal become mortal…
 
life rose with Him, the Trinity,
there at Creation, descending,
the Babe laid in the manger,
the Man who climbed our cross…
 
=====================
Edited January 3, 2025
Constrained by His flesh – v2
 
Based on #Philippians2
Men’s Group conversation
January 1, 2025
a tear in the fabric of time - 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/a-tear-in-fabric-of-time-2.html
January 1, 2025
the sentience of Christ
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-sentience-of-christ.html
January 1, 2025
Drafted December 28, 2024
He humbled himself – 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/he-humbled-himself-2.html
&
December 26, 2024
Eternal God donned human flesh
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/eternal-god-donned-human-flesh.html
Edited December 26, 2024
Kneeling before Your manger
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/kneeling-before-your-manger.html
Edited December 26, 2024
in Our likeness - 2 - v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/in-our-likeness-v2.html
Christmas Day
Based on #Genesis 1:26
Based on #John1:1-3
Based on #John1:1-18
December 25, 2024
&
Edited December 28, 2024
Let us draw near – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/let-us-draw-near-v2.html
Edited December 28, 2024
dipping my cup, again – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/dipping-my-cup-again-v2.html
December 22, 2024
dipping my cup, again
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/dipping-my-cup-again.html
Based on #Hebrews10:22-25
Edited December 21, 2024
returning to the well – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/returning-to-well-v3.html
Men’s group conversation
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
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Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, Advent, Christmas, sacrifice, Savior, Good Friday, Easter, Ascension, Second Coming, Lent, Merry Christmas, New Year,
 
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A consciousness of who He was – v2

words of power, of authority, present,
the Babe who was placed in the manger,
the Man who was baptized by John
a consciousness of who He was
before He began ministry,
when He spoke in the Temple,
a most precocious little boy…
 
when did Christ know His divinity,
how did He enter creation, awake,
was He aware in Mary’s womb,
when His cousin leapt beside Him,
what must Mary have thought,
how they would raise the Son of God,
the Messiah long-awaited come to earth,
fully-human and fully-God here with us…
 
a consciousness of who He was
a tear in the fabric of time, the curtain,
there at the beginning, in creation,
now seated on His throne in heaven,
the Babe who was placed in the manger,
the Man who would climb our cross,
who suffered to give us life…
 
=====================
Edited January 3, 2025
A consciousness of who He was – v2
 
Based on #Philippians2
And I am statement of Jesus in the Gospel of John
Men’s Group conversation
January 1, 2025
Constrained by His flesh
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/constrained-by-his-flesh.html
January 1, 2025
a tear in the fabric of time - 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/a-tear-in-fabric-of-time-2.html
January 1, 2025
the sentience of Christ
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-sentience-of-christ.html
January 1, 2025
Drafted December 28, 2024
He humbled himself – 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/he-humbled-himself-2.html
&
December 26, 2024
Eternal God donned human flesh
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/eternal-god-donned-human-flesh.html
Edited December 26, 2024
Kneeling before Your manger
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/kneeling-before-your-manger.html
Edited December 26, 2024
in Our likeness - 2 - v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/in-our-likeness-v2.html
Christmas Day
Based on #Genesis 1:26
Based on #John1:1-3
Based on #John1:1-18
December 25, 2024
&
Edited December 28, 2024
Let us draw near – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/let-us-draw-near-v2.html
Edited December 28, 2024
dipping my cup, again – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/dipping-my-cup-again-v2.html
December 22, 2024
dipping my cup, again
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/dipping-my-cup-again.html
Based on #Hebrews10:22-25
Edited December 21, 2024
returning to the well – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/returning-to-well-v3.html
Men’s group conversation
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
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Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, Advent, Christmas, sacrifice, Savior, Good Friday, Easter, Ascension, Second Coming, Lent, Merry Christmas, New Year,
 
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The sentience of Christ – v2

a tear in the fabric of time
the incarnation, the birth of Christ,
the Babe laid in the manger,
such a mystery, such a gift,
wrapped in swaddling clothing,
the sentience of Christ,
God here with us…
 
fully-child, yet fully-God,
with the Father at creation,
life sprang forth from within Him,
the Babe in the Manger,
the Man who would climb the Cross,
God who ascended to heaven,
now seated on his throne…
 
a tear in the fabric of time,
the Godhead here dwelling,
the curtain was torn wide open
the infinite entering creation,
God in mortal flesh was born,
laid in His manger bed…
 
the bread of life was born,
Christ, long-promised,
placed in a manger,
the eternal God of heaven,
the Son, our Messiah,
our risen Lord and Savior…
 
a tear in the fabric of time,
the Messiah, the Trinity,
pierced the veil, descended,
a mystery of our faith,
life was born to Mary,
God dwelt in flesh with us…
 
=====================
Edited January 3, 2025
the sentience of Christ – v2
 
January 1, 2025
Drafted December 28, 2024
He humbled himself – 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/he-humbled-himself-2.html
Based on #Philippians1
Based on #Philippians2
Men’s Group conversation
&
December 26, 2024
Eternal God donned human flesh
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/eternal-god-donned-human-flesh.html
Edited December 26, 2024
Kneeling before Your manger
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/kneeling-before-your-manger.html
Edited December 26, 2024
in Our likeness - 2 - v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/in-our-likeness-v2.html
Christmas Day
Based on #Genesis 1:26
Based on #John1:1-3
Based on #John1:1-18
December 25, 2024
&
Edited December 28, 2024
Let us draw near – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/let-us-draw-near-v2.html
Edited December 28, 2024
dipping my cup, again – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/dipping-my-cup-again-v2.html
December 22, 2024
dipping my cup, again
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/dipping-my-cup-again.html
Based on #Hebrews10:22-25
Edited December 21, 2024
returning to the well – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/returning-to-well-v3.html
Men’s group conversation
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
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Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, Advent, Christmas, sacrifice, Savior, Good Friday, Easter, Ascension, Second Coming, Lent, Merry Christmas, New Year,
 
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a tear in the fabric of time – 2

God pierced the veil,
the curtain was ripped open,
God descended as a baby,
Christ came to dwell with us…
 
a tear in the fabric of time,
the infinite entering creation,
God in mortal flesh was born,
Mary laid Christ in His manger bed…
 
the bread of life was born,
the eternal God of heaven,
the Son, our Messiah,
our risen Lord and Savior…
 
God pierced the veil,
the curtain was ripped open,
God descended as a baby,
Christ came to dwell with us…
 
=====================
Edited January 3, 2025
a tear in the fabric of time – 2 – v2
 
January 1, 2025
a tear in the fabric of time - 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/a-tear-in-fabric-of-time-2.html
Based on #Philippians1
Based on #Philippians2
Men’s Group conversation
January 1, 2025
the sentience of Christ
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-sentience-of-christ.html
January 1, 2025
Drafted December 28, 2024
He humbled himself – 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/he-humbled-himself-2.html
&
December 26, 2024
Eternal God donned human flesh
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/eternal-god-donned-human-flesh.html
Edited December 26, 2024
Kneeling before Your manger
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/kneeling-before-your-manger.html
Edited December 26, 2024
in Our likeness - 2 - v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/in-our-likeness-v2.html
Christmas Day
Based on #Genesis 1:26
Based on #John1:1-3
Based on #John1:1-18
December 25, 2024
&
Edited December 28, 2024
Let us draw near – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/let-us-draw-near-v2.html
Edited December 28, 2024
dipping my cup, again – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/dipping-my-cup-again-v2.html
December 22, 2024
dipping my cup, again
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/dipping-my-cup-again.html
Based on #Hebrews10:22-25
Edited December 21, 2024
returning to the well – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/returning-to-well-v3.html
Men’s group conversation
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
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Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, love, grace, Advent, Christmas, sacrifice, Savior, Good Friday, Easter, Ascension, Second Coming, Lent, Merry Christmas, New Year,
 
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A war of genocide – v2

Ten years, acts of terror, erasure,
a hybrid war of evil, of genocide,
seeking to destroy their culture,
an existential threat, survival,
bombing icons, treasures, history,
seeking to destroy printing, literature,
even denying the names of their cities,
denying their right to exist…
 
Purposeful evil, terror, war crimes,
systematic erasure, propaganda,
stealing history, denying existence,
appropriating that which isn’t theirs,
claiming their rights, their power,
usurpers in their midst, oppressors,
trying to control, to steal, to diminish,
that which makes them unique…
 
Fighting an aggressor, a false master,
a bully, an empire, a capital rising,
built on terror, the backs of the fallen,
their falsehoods, their fabrications,
a narrative, a lie of conquest, propaganda,
their origin story another’s history,
a good and noble people living,
in power before they came to exist…
 
An amalgam of nations, of subjugation,
centuries of repression, torment, struggle,
pushing peoples into slavery, serfdom,
a blood-lust for conquest, for empire,
harsh masters, subordination, defiance,
only seeking dominion, erasure,
not seeing them as their brothers,
not seeing their holy right to exist…
 
Taking what wasn’t, what isn’t theirs,
stealing history, destroying culture,
a bloody war of attrition, of genocide,
today again creating scorched earth,
but These People are rising resolute, resilient,
speaking with power, “Never Again!”,
this time We will fight for independence,
this time We will fight and win…
 
-----------
Edited January 3, 2025
A war of genocide – v2
 
Edited/ new name January 2, 2025
A war of genocide
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/a-war-of-genocide.html
Edited December 2, 2024
Stealing History – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/stealing-history-v2.html
&
November 30, 2024
Sacred Days
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/11/sacred-days.html
&
Edited September 6, 2024
Flying from every flagpole – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/flying-from-every-flagpole-v2.html
September 6, 2024
Trampled, beaten, yet unbowed
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/trampled-beaten-yet-unbowed.html
August 27, 2024
The Flag of their Independence
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/the-flag-of-their-independence.html
National Day of Remembrance – August 29, 2024
Ukraine Independence Day – August 24, 2024
Ukraine National Flag Day – August 23, 2024
&
Edited August 1, 2024
Resolve personified – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/resolve-personified-v3.html
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 202 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
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poetry, Ukraine, God, prayer, war, tragedy, terror, genocide, Russia, peace, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Lviv, Day of Remembrance, Ilovaisk, Poltava, Independence Day, Holodomor, Defenders Day, National Anthem,
 
#poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #tragedy #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #Poltava #Kharkiv #Kyiv #Lviv #DayofRemembrance #Ilovaisk #FlagDay #remembranceday #Holodomor #Tatar #BabiYar #DefendersDay #IndependenceDay #NationalAnthem

Unchain me from my body #fly #Ukraine #TarasShevchenko

Lord, let me rise, let me fly,
from my bed to her side,
unchain me from my body,
oh God, let me rise…
 
My cries in the shadows,
In the watches of the night,
wanting her beside me,
how I long to take flight…
 
Unchain me from my body,
let my spirit rise, may I soar,
over the miles, the time zones,
until I reach her shores…

---------
January 3, 2025
Unchain me from my body
 
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 202 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
 
Poetry, God, spirit, prayer, love, desire, wife, husband, dream, flight, flying, fly, lovers, Taras Shevchenko, Ukraine,
 
#poetry #God #Spirit #prayer #love #desire #wife #husband #lovers #dream #flight #flying #fly #TarasShevchenko #Ukraine

Hybrid War is War – v2

Acts of war, lethal,
overt destruction, carnage,
prettied up with language,
denying the truth on the ground,
hemorrhaging of control, sovereignty,
withing our own nations, our boundaries,
needing to face the harsh facts…
 
Denial is just appeasement,
an enemy in its own right,
an artificial red line, hiding,
putting our heads in the sand,
pretending that this is an accident,
that these are not war crimes,
that they are not acts of aggression…
 
Hybrid war is war, evil, aggression,
though we fail to see it, deny it,
lost in our excess, our greed,
in our own personal shit, hiding,
not seeing the canvas, the context,
the far bigger picture, the truth,
chess pieces moved on the board….
 
We are in a hot war though we deny it,
for Putin the Cold War never ended,
no collapse of the Soviet Union,
nothing changed, no respite, no peace,
no change in Russia’s essential nature,
they were always our geopolitical Enemy,
as they always will be while he is in power…
 
Hybrid war, propaganda, terror,
boldness, poisonings, killings, sabotage,
pipelines, cables, election interference,
everything on the table, possible, permissive,
no red lines, no caution required, honestly,
when their enemy is silent, a state of appeasement,
no reprisals, just merely wringing our hands…
 
Their chess games are so different,
than how we see the world, as poker,
brinksmanship, influence, bluffing,
versus a relentless pursuit on the board,
willing to sacrifice pawns for their objective,
human life expendable, unimportant,
boldness, something we would never do…
 
Hybrid war a reality, wake up, we are at war,
all you leaders West of the Kremlin, vulnerable,
the man in the bunker is KGB, ready to attack,
learning from his elders, cold warriors,
willing to grab more land, corrupt power,
while we look at our cards, our choices,
we better act before it is too late…
 
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Edited January 3, 2025
Hybrid War is War – v2
 
Edited/ new name
January 2, 2025
Hybrid War is War
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/hybrid-war-is-war.html
Edited December 28, 2024
Hybrid War – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/hybrid-war-v2.html
Edited December 28, 2024
Security for Satan – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/security-for-satan-v2.html
Edited December 28, 2024
On the border of Hell – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/on-border-of-hell-v2.html
2,000 mile land boundary with Russia
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 202 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
poetry, Ukraine, God, prayer, war, terror, genocide, Russia, peace, victory, freedom, independence, history, glory, Moldova, Georgia, Syria, Chechnya, Romania, hybrid war, Finland,
 
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Our breath-prayer

In the crucible of this age,

uncertainty of these moments,

we share an eternal love,

a breath-prayer between us,

“I will love you until the day I die”.

 

So much power in these words,

this promise spoken between us,

but how much more joy there will be,

when we are united, my love, for eternity,

and we dance in the streets of heaven...

All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. All of my poems are at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

A war of genocide

Acts of terror, of erasure,
a hybrid war of genocide,
seeking to destroy culture,
an existential threat, survival,
bombing icons, treasures, history,
seeking to destroy printing, literature,
even denying the names of their cities,
denying their right to exist…
 
Purposeful evil, terror, war crimes,
systematic erasure, propaganda,
stealing history, denying existence,
appropriating that which isn’t theirs,
claiming their rights, their power,
usurpers in their midst, oppressors,
trying to control, to steal, to diminish,
that which makes them unique…
 
Fighting an aggressor, a false master,
a bully, an empire, a capital rising,
built on terror, the backs of the fallen,
their falsehoods, their fabrications,
a narrative, a lie of conquest, propaganda,
their origin story another’s history,
a good and noble people living,
in power before they came to exist…
 
An amalgam of nations, of subjugation,
centuries of repression, torment, struggle,
pushing the people into slavery, serfdom,
a blood-lust for conquest, for empire,
harsh masters, subordination, defiance,
only seeking dominion, erasure,
not seeing them as their brothers,
not seeing their holy right to exist…
 
Taking what wasn’t, what isn’t theirs,
stealing history, destroying culture,
a bloody war of attrition, of genocide,
today again creating scorched earth,
but These People are rising resolute, resilient,
speaking with power, “never again”,
this time we will fight for independence,
this time we will fight and win…
 
-----------
Edited/ new name January 2, 2025
A war of genocide
 
 
 
Edited December 2, 2024
Stealing History – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/stealing-history-v2.html
&
November 30, 2024
Sacred Days
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/11/sacred-days.html
&
Edited September 6, 2024
Flying from every flagpole – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/flying-from-every-flagpole-v2.html
September 6, 2024
Trampled, beaten, yet unbowed
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/trampled-beaten-yet-unbowed.html
August 27, 2024
The Flag of their Independence
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/the-flag-of-their-independence.html
National Day of Remembrance – August 29, 2024
Ukraine Independence Day – August 24, 2024
Ukraine National Flag Day – August 23, 2024
&
Edited August 30, 2024
The dead do not yet rest in peace – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/the-dead-do-not-yet-rest-in-peace-v2.html
&
August 29, 2014
Edited August 28, 2024
The whisper of the dead – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/the-whisper-of-dead-v2.html
July 16, 2024
The Sound of Lviv Cemetery
https://x.com/United24media/status/1813323219954241935
X (formerly Twitter) post by United24 Media
edited August 27, 2024
The stain of innocent blood – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/the-stain-of-innocent-blood-v4.html 
Edited/new name August 27, 2024
Streets of their cities run red with blood
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/streets-of-their-cities-run-red-with.html
Edited August 1, 2024
Resolve personified – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/resolve-personified-v3.html
 
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 202 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
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poetry, Ukraine, God, prayer, war, tragedy, terror, genocide, Russia, peace, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Lviv, Day of Remembrance, Ilovaisk, Poltava, Independence Day, Holodomor, Defenders Day, National Anthem,
 
#poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #tragedy #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #Poltava #Kharkiv #Kyiv #Lviv #DayofRemembrance #Ilovaisk #FlagDay #remembranceday #Holodomor #Tatar #BabiYar #DefendersDay #IndependenceDay #NationalAnthem