in the crucible of this moment,
conflicting positions, their posture,
in the gathering storm of trial,
on the front lines, in the trenches,
the start of negotiations, a sham,
warring factions, enemies colluding,
familiar words rising, treason, betrayal,
how we have been here before, in our history,
in the exigency, the existential threat, terror,
life and death, sovereignty, pulled from the ether,
caught in the swirling maelstrom, the agony,
a genocide against these people, martyrs
of this now, this moment, this time of suffering,
feeling the ground moving under our feet,
knowing the evil that is ascendent, the lies spoken,
positions, lines crossed, far too many lives lost…
in the crucible of this moment,
the maelstrom of terror, of genocide,
a sea change, shifting sands of time, of positions,
swirling around the continent, their nations,
pulling everything out of alignment, disturbing,
a natural order, all sense of balance, of normalcy,
a fight they did not want, the role of a proxy, a pawn,
in between the superpowers in a multi-polar world,
a legacy of history more than the future, what is coming,
a different stage of world history rapidly unfolding, morphing,
into a new reality, a manifestation of the times, the goals,
of warring factions, of tribes, of peoples, technology,
more than affinity, collective, swirling, surging rising,
to take the oxygen, the initiative, this moment,
hidden agencies, secrets, unspoken alliances, war,
positions, lines crossed, far too many lives lost…
conflicting positions, their posture,
in the gathering storm of trial,
on the front lines, in the trenches,
the start of negotiations, a sham,
warring factions, enemies colluding,
familiar words rising, treason, betrayal,
how we have been here before, in our history,
in the exigency, the existential threat, terror,
life and death, sovereignty, pulled from the ether,
caught in the swirling maelstrom, the agony,
a genocide against these people, martyrs
of this now, this moment, this time of suffering,
feeling the ground moving under our feet,
knowing the evil that is ascendent, the lies spoken,
positions, lines crossed, far too many lives lost…
the maelstrom of terror, of genocide,
a sea change, shifting sands of time, of positions,
swirling around the continent, their nations,
pulling everything out of alignment, disturbing,
a natural order, all sense of balance, of normalcy,
a fight they did not want, the role of a proxy, a pawn,
in between the superpowers in a multi-polar world,
a legacy of history more than the future, what is coming,
a different stage of world history rapidly unfolding, morphing,
into a new reality, a manifestation of the times, the goals,
of warring factions, of tribes, of peoples, technology,
more than affinity, collective, swirling, surging rising,
to take the oxygen, the initiative, this moment,
hidden agencies, secrets, unspoken alliances, war,
positions, lines crossed, far too many lives lost…
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Edited February 17, 2025
In the crucible of this moment – v3
Europe must act - v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/02/europe-must-act-v2.html
Edited February 17, 2025
giving oxygen to Evil – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/02/giving-oxygen-to-evil-v2.html
Edited February 17, 2025
Negotiating with Evil – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/02/negotiating-with-evil-v2.html
edited February 15, 2025
Restored Sovereignty – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/02/restored-sovereignty-v2.html
edited February 15, 2025
Three years of terror, of genocide – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/02/three-years-of-terror-genocide-v2.html
March 5, 2022
Don’t give Ukraine to the Madman
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/03/dont-give-ukraine-to-madman.html
poetry, Ukraine, Russia, NATO, war, invasion, Putin, terror, genocide, Crimea, 1000 Days, Three Years, Europe,
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