A well of remembrance – v2

Each tragedy, each evil,
a signpost, a marker,
a talisman to hold onto,
a rain of tears gathered,
to never let go of…
 
Never forget, never forgive,
the enormity of their evil,
unconscionable to appease them,
each life lost, each body shattered,
each building that was destroyed,
every war crime committed…
 
Dipping into the well of memory,
the videotapes, the records,
each iconic image written,
seared into our consciousness,
the names of their victims…
 
Each one of them is a whetstone,
a talisman worked by our fingers,
from the well of remembrance
we hold each one of them,
lives that were lost, tragically,
by the fount of their evil…
 
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May 19, 2025
A well of remembrance – v2
 
The tension between remembering individual war crimes
committed by Russia and the enormity of their war crimes
across 11 years of war and genocide…
Edited/ renamed April 29, 2025
They must each be avenged
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/they-must-each-be-avenged.html
Inspired by the attack on Russian General Yaroslav Moskalik in Moscow and
reporting of torture, mutilation and murder of journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna,
on top of the three years of genocide, terror and destruction by Russia and
the video of Rada Security Committee Secretary Kostenko, about the
long reach of Ukrainian intelligence services…
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Edited April 28, 2025
Gutted, empty, hollow
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/gutted-empty-hollow.html
Edited April 14, 2025
Screaming into the Void – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/screaming-into-void-v3.html
Revised April 11, 2025
Kryvyi Rih – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/kryvyi-rih-v2-kryvyi-rih-not-just.html
 
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