Screaming into the Void – v2

A walking nightmare, unending,
too close to the border, to terror,
our world spinning out of control,
driven by his bloodlust, his power,
his desire for conquest, for empire,
but willing minions, weak vassals,
men willing to be fodder, expendable,
for their master’s cruel bidding…
 
Another day, another massacre,
The drip-drip of our silence,
holy Palm Sunday in Sumy,
Russian genocide, a double-tap,
seeking to maim, to murder,
to erase these innocent people,
Russia crying, “Crucify Them”,
to kill the innocent sheep…
 
Not guilty of any crime, children,
lambs brought to slaughter, innocents,
sitting in their pews, entering to worship,
one of the holiest days bloodied,
by the hate of the false-Christian,
anti-Christs sitting in the Kremlin,
the Dead Souls of these people,
a cruel, brutal feudal nation-state…
 
Screaming into the void, repeating,
three years not yet enough,
the West must rise up, finally,
we must defend these brave people,
the strong people of Ukraine…
May this be finally the moment,
when the world stands with them, united,
together defeating our common enemy,
Putin, the nation-state of Russia…
 
----------  
Edited April 13, 2025
Screaming into the Void – v2
 
the Palm Sunday massacre in Sumy, Ukraine
Revised April 11, 2025
Kryvyi Rih – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/kryvyi-rih-v2-kryvyi-rih-not-just.html
After watching President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
mourning the dead children in his hometown
https://x.com/i/status/1910727865722613775
murdered by Vladimir Putin, by Russia, April 4, 2025
Russian attack on a playground in Kryvyi Rih took the lives of nine children.
Edited April 10, 2025
Stealing their history, their future – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/stealing-their-history-their-future-v2.html
@BringKidsBackUA #BringKidsBackUA
Russia’s kidnapping of thousands of Ukrainian children.
A Russian attack on a playground in Kryvyi Rih took the lives of nine children.
Edited April 9, 2025
We forfeit our humanity – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/we-forfeit-our-humanity-v2.html
A Russian attack on a playground in Kryvyi Rih took the lives of nine children.
Edited April 8, 2025
Where is our conscience, our humanity
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/where-is-our-conscience-our-humanity.html
Edited April 7, 2025
Our words are inadequate – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/our-words-are-inadequate-v2.html
Edited April 7, 2025
Where is our conscience, our morality – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/where-is-our-conscience-our-morality-v2.html
Edited April 7, 2025
We don’t speak with power – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/we-dont-speak-with-power-v3.html
 
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Screaming into the Void

Another day, another massacre,
holy Palm Sunday in Sumy,
Russian genocide, a double-tap,
seeking to maim, to murder,
to erase these innocent people,
Russia crying, “Crucify Them”,
to kill the innocent sheep…
 
Lambs brought to slaughter, innocents,
as they sat, as they went to worship,
one of the holiest days bloodied,
by the hate of the false-Christians,
the anti-Christs sitting in the Kremlin,
the Dead Souls of these people,
a cruel, brutal feudal nation-state…
 
Screaming into the void, repeating,
that the West would rise up, finally,
that we defend these brave people,
the strong people of Ukraine,
may this be finally the moment,
when the world stands with them, united,
together defeating our common enemy,
the nation-state of Russia…
 
----------  
April 13, 2025
Screaming into the Void
 
Written about the Palm Sunday massacre in Sumy, Ukraine
Revised April 11, 2025
Kryvyi Rih – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/kryvyi-rih-v2-kryvyi-rih-not-just.html
After watching President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
mourning the dead children in his hometown
https://x.com/i/status/1910727865722613775
murdered by Vladimir Putin, by Russia, April 4, 2025
Russian attack on a playground in Kryvyi Rih took the lives of nine children.
Edited April 10, 2025
Stealing their history, their future – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/stealing-their-history-their-future-v2.html
@BringKidsBackUA #BringKidsBackUA
Russia’s kidnapping of thousands of Ukrainian children.
A Russian attack on a playground in Kryvyi Rih took the lives of nine children.
Edited April 9, 2025
We forfeit our humanity – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/we-forfeit-our-humanity-v2.html
A Russian attack on a playground in Kryvyi Rih took the lives of nine children.
Edited April 8, 2025
Where is our conscience, our humanity
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/where-is-our-conscience-our-humanity.html
Edited April 7, 2025
Our words are inadequate – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/our-words-are-inadequate-v2.html
Edited April 7, 2025
Where is our conscience, our morality – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/where-is-our-conscience-our-morality-v2.html
Edited April 7, 2025
We don’t speak with power – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/we-dont-speak-with-power-v3.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.
 
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Kryvyi Rih – v2

Kryvyi Rih, not just another place
seared in our consciousness,
in the memory of these good people,
another massacre, a tragedy, genocide,
the anger of the aggressor, killing
murdering the innocents, the children,
their grandparents with them, a slaughter
because the world is complacent,
complicit in their terror, their evil,
while we sit in our comfort….
 
No, this was deliberate, personal,
a direct attack on him, the president,
a double-tap to his head, to his spirit,
to remind him of their current power,
their ability to hurt him, to attack him,
in a place where he was vulnerable,
his hometown, where his parents live,
the place he would naturally feel safe,
taken from him, in that moment,
echoes of terror, a cruel twist of fate…
 
No this wasn’t random, indiscriminate,
this was to stop him, to wick his resolve…
but now must be the moment, today,
when we change, when we wake up,
we must stand beside Abel, the victim,
to stop Cain from murdering, erasing,
the history, the culture, this nation,
Ukraine from the map of Europe,
this good and ancient peoples,
we must stand with them in the fight,
to stand in the gap with them…
 

----------  
Revised April 11, 2025
Kryvyi Rih – v2
 
After watching President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
https://x.com/i/status/1910727865722613775

mourning the dead children in his hometown
murdered by Vladimir Putin, by Russia, April 4, 2025
Russian attack on a playground in Kryvyi Rih took the lives of nine children.
Edited April 10, 2025
Stealing their history, their future – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/stealing-their-history-their-future-v2.html
@BringKidsBackUA #BringKidsBackUA
Russia’s kidnapping of thousands of Ukrainian children.
A Russian attack on a playground in Kryvyi Rih took the lives of nine children.
Edited April 9, 2025
We forfeit our humanity – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/we-forfeit-our-humanity-v2.html
A Russian attack on a playground in Kryvyi Rih took the lives of nine children.
Edited April 8, 2025
Where is our conscience, our humanity
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/where-is-our-conscience-our-humanity.html
Edited April 7, 2025
Our words are inadequate – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/our-words-are-inadequate-v2.html
Edited April 7, 2025
Where is our conscience, our morality – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/where-is-our-conscience-our-morality-v2.html
Edited April 7, 2025
We don’t speak with power – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/we-dont-speak-with-power-v3.html

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Kryvyi Rih

Another place seared in our consciousness,

in the memory of these good people,

another massacre, a tragedy, genocide,

the anger of the aggressor, killing

murdering the innocents, the children,

their grandparents with them,

a slaughter because the world is complacent,

complicit in their terror, their evil,

while we sit in our comfort….

Now must be the moment, today,

when we change, when we wake up,

we must stand beside Abel, the victim,

to stop Cain from murdering, erasing,

the history, the culture, this nation,

Ukraine from the map of Europe,

this good and ancient peoples,

we must stand beside them in their fight,

to stand in the gap with them… 

----------  
April 10, 2025
Kryvyi Rih
 
April 4, 2025
Russian attack on a playground in Kryvyi Rih took the lives of nine children.
Edited April 10, 2025
Stealing their history, their future – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/stealing-their-history-their-future-v2.html
@BringKidsBackUA #BringKidsBackUA
Russia’s kidnapping of thousands of Ukrainian children.
A Russian attack on a playground in Kryvyi Rih took the lives of nine children.
Edited April 9, 2025
We forfeit our humanity – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/we-forfeit-our-humanity-v2.html
A Russian attack on a playground in Kryvyi Rih took the lives of nine children.
Edited April 8, 2025
Where is our conscience, our humanity
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/where-is-our-conscience-our-humanity.html
Edited April 7, 2025
Our words are inadequate – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/our-words-are-inadequate-v2.html
Edited April 7, 2025
Where is our conscience, our morality – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/where-is-our-conscience-our-morality-v2.html
Edited April 7, 2025
We don’t speak with power – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/we-dont-speak-with-power-v3.html
Edited January 11, 2025
Too close to the border – v5
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/too-close-to-border-v5.html
Edited August 27, 2024
Streets of Kharkiv run red with blood – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/streets-of-kharkiv-run-red-with-blood-v2.html
after the attacks on Kyiv as well
Edited August 20, 2024
Paralyzed by red-lines – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/paralyzed-by-red-lines-v2.html
About US policy limiting the use of US provided weapons
inside Russia by Ukraine’s military.
Edited August 19, 2024
The dead cry out – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/the-dead-cry-out-v2.html
Edited August 19, 2024
Neutrality is a myth, a lie
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/neutrality-is-myth-lie.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.
 
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Stealing their history, their future – v2

Bombing their culture, their traditions,
their buildings, their cities, artifacts,
stealing their history, their legacy,
their language, their identity,
killing the innocents, the defenders,
all that defines them, corrupted,
erased in the flash of the missiles,
the bombs, the drones, genocide,
the slaughter of the battlefield,
the terror that falls from the sky…
 
Stealing their future, their legacy,
while we are silent, neutered,
complacent before the crimes,
no consequence for the terror,
kidnapping, stealing the innocent,
taking their children from their parents,
indoctrinating them with propaganda,
lies they told their parents, the nations,
all whom they have subjugated, the myth,
the origin story of Russia a lie, a fiction…
 
Russia must be stopped in Ukraine,
for Russia will not stop with Ukraine,
if we continue to be silent, complacent,
complicit in their genocide, their theft,
of their history, their future, their treasure,
who Ukraine is as a people, together,
we must no longer be timid, hesitant,
complicit in their evil by our reticence,
we must rise to join them, to defeat,
the inhumanity, the evil that is Russia…

 
----------  
Edited April 10, 2025
Stealing their history, their future – v2
 
@BringKidsBackUA #BringKidsBackUA
Russia’s kidnapping of thousands of Ukrainian children.
A Russian attack on a playground in Kryvyi Rih took the lives of nine children.
Edited April 9, 2025
We forfeit our humanity – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/we-forfeit-our-humanity-v2.html
A Russian attack on a playground in Kryvyi Rih took the lives of nine children.
Edited April 8, 2025
Where is our conscience, our humanity
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/where-is-our-conscience-our-humanity.html
Edited April 7, 2025
Our words are inadequate – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/our-words-are-inadequate-v2.html
Edited April 7, 2025
Where is our conscience, our morality – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/where-is-our-conscience-our-morality-v2.html
Edited April 7, 2025
We don’t speak with power – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/we-dont-speak-with-power-v3.html
Edited January 11, 2025
Too close to the border – v5
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/too-close-to-border-v5.html
Edited August 27, 2024
Streets of Kharkiv run red with blood – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/streets-of-kharkiv-run-red-with-blood-v2.html
after the attacks on Kyiv as well
Edited August 20, 2024
Paralyzed by red-lines – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/paralyzed-by-red-lines-v2.html
About US policy limiting the use of US provided weapons
inside Russia by Ukraine’s military.
Edited August 19, 2024
The dead cry out – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/the-dead-cry-out-v2.html
Edited August 19, 2024
Neutrality is a myth, a lie
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/neutrality-is-myth-lie.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.
 
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Stealing their history, their future

Bombing their culture, their traditions,
their buildings, their cities, artifacts,
stealing their history, their legacy,
their language, their identity,
all that defines them, corrupted,
erased in the flash of the missiles,
the bombs, the drones, genocide,
the terror that falls from the sky…
 
Stealing their future, their legacy,
while we are silent, neutered,
kidnapping, stealing the innocent,
taking their children from their parents,
indoctrinating them with propaganda,
the lies they told their parents, the nations,
all whom they have subjugated, the myth,
the origin story of Russia a lie, a fiction…
 
Russia must be stopped in Ukraine,
for Russia will not stop with Ukraine,
if we continue to be silent, complacent,
complicit in their genocide, their theft,
of their history, their future, their treasure,
who Ukraine is as a people, together,
we must rise to join them, to defeat,
the evil that is Russia…

 
----------  
April 9, 2025
Stealing their history, their future
 
@BringKidsBackUA #BringKidsBackUA
April 9, 2025
We forfeit our humanity
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/we-forfeit-our-humanity.html
A Russian attack on a playground in Kryvyi Rih took the lives of nine children.
Edited April 8, 2025
Where is our conscience, our humanity
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/where-is-our-conscience-our-humanity.html
Edited April 7, 2025
Our words are inadequate – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/our-words-are-inadequate-v2.html
Edited April 7, 2025
Where is our conscience, our morality – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/where-is-our-conscience-our-morality-v2.html
Edited April 7, 2025
We don’t speak with power – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/we-dont-speak-with-power-v3.html
Edited January 11, 2025
Too close to the border – v5
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/too-close-to-border-v5.html
Edited August 27, 2024
Streets of Kharkiv run red with blood – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/streets-of-kharkiv-run-red-with-blood-v2.html
after the attacks on Kyiv as well
Edited August 20, 2024
Paralyzed by red-lines – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/paralyzed-by-red-lines-v2.html
About US policy limiting the use of US provided weapons
inside Russia by Ukraine’s military.
Edited August 19, 2024
The dead cry out – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/the-dead-cry-out-v2.html
Edited August 19, 2024
Neutrality is a myth, a lie
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/neutrality-is-myth-lie.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.
 
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