They must be avenged - v2

Every son, every daughter,
every war crime committed,
every act of terror, of genocide,
Every victim must be avenged…
 
There will be no sleep,
there will be no forgiveness,
There will be no forgetting,
every life that was lost…
 
Every sadness, the destruction,
Everything that has been lost
must be avenged for justice,
for humanity, for all time…
 
----------  
Edited May 19, 2025
They must be avenged – v2
 
Inspired by the attack on Russian General Yaroslav Moskalik in Moscow and
reporting of torture, mutilation and murder of journalist Viktoria 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…
&
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
 
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, war, terror, genocide, Russia, murder, premediated, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Kryvyi Rih, Odesa, Kherson, Sumy, Stand With Ukraine, justice,
 
#poetry #Ukraine #KryvyiRih #Russia #murder #genocide #terror #premeditated #war #Sumy #StandWithUkraine #DefeatRussia #justice
 
#poetry #Ukraine #Russia #murder #genocide #terror #warcrimes #CrimesAgainstHumanity #justice #NeverForget #NeverForgive