open wounds bleeding – v3

attrition, brutal combat, terror,
scar tissue torn wide open,
present day, not history, alive,
open wounds, bleeding, suffering,
their dead crying from their soil…
 
a nation become a wasteland,
blood of the innocent crying,
shouting for life, for justice,
those who commit such evil,
must be placed in the dock…
 
oh, defenders have courage,
you fight on the side of Right,
for freedom, independence, justice,
allies rise, stand beside them,
there is no time to waste…
 
innocents attacked, genocide,
open wounds, bleeding, suffering,
cities bombed again and again,
evil of human safaris, massacres,
oh God, when will this evil end…
 
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Edited February 7, 2025
open wounds bleeding – v3
 
Edited February 7, 2025
scars that never heal – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/02/scars-that-never-heal-v3.html
Edited February 7, 2025
three years crying into the void – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/02/three-years-crying-into-void-v3.html
Edited February 6, 2025
Unwavering Support – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/02/unwavering-support-v2.html
Edited December 12, 2024
The blood of the dead in Bucha – v6
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/the-blood-of-dead-in-bucha-v6.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
 
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