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at dawn facing the devastation,
numbness on the front,
words will not come, frozen,
pain too extreme, too present,
sitting in the dugouts, the trenches,
seeing the enemy advancing
time itself standing still
a cadence repeating
within the struggle...
Another drag, incoming Shaheds,
time to harden our positions,
to be prepared for the attack,
the endless terror…
Hope for a just peace
when the dead may rest
and all will be free of this war…
 
the pause at 9:00am,
the clicking of the metronome,
stopping the traffic in Kyiv,
standing at attention in Lviv,
holding up the names of the fallen,
the cities destroyed by the madman,
no moment of honor
can stop the bloodshed
“no minute of silence
can hold a cemetery”,
the spirits of the dead,
the great loss of a nation…
Another drag, another cigarette,
to remember, to dull the senses…
“No pack can hold the whole war -
Endless pain, too much to bear…
 
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Edite November 17, 2025
no minute of silence – v2
 
based on an Instagram post by Julia Kochetova,
https://www.instagram.com/seameer/
https://www.instagram.com/p/DRH98GHiKSp/
https://www.instagram.com/reels/DRH98GHiKSp/
“War is Personal” book project, by Julia Kochetova
https://www.instagram.com/moment_of_honor/
https://www.instagram.com/kydrava_/
https://www.instagram.com/ericakabaeva/
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
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 September 21, 2024
Their best sons and daughters – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/their-best-sons-and-daughters-v3.html
Edited August 19, 2025
Flying from every flagpole – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/flying-from-every-flagpole-v4.html
Edited November 13, 2025
Do the Kobzars sing – v5
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/11/do-kobzars-sing-v5.html
editing version 3
after poem, “Do the Kobzars sing”
based on the Dedication to “The Kobzar”,
by Taras Shevchenko
 
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