your duality

deep and vulnerable, honest,

feminine and fierce

serving your country

but holding onto your dreams...

beautiful within,

drinking words of your poets,

clinging to humanity 

and Ukraine's black soil...

you are in the vanguard 

the best of your people

feminine and fierce,

as the cameras see you,

from each different angle...

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, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. All of my poems are at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.

The #enemy has no idea – v2 #Russia #Poetry #Ukraine #victory #hope #courage #heroes #SlavaUkraini #victory #cossacks #glory #VyshyvankaDay #eyes #truth #деньГероївУкраїни #defenders #TarasShevchenko #justice #peace

Their enemy has no idea - 
What giants they have awakened...
Ukraine will prevail - 
Russia will be defeated - 
Eyes of the defenders will smile again...
 
Peace will come at last
for these good and noble people,
like a sunrise over the Donbas,
Life will come again...
But memory will never fade...
 
The judgment of history
will be on the Moskals...
The stain of innocent blood,
of children, of defenders
will haunt them in eternity...
 
Like Pilate in The Master and Margarita,
The cost will be eternal for them -
For those who invaded, those committing terror,
who commit genocide... History demands -
Justice will come to their doors...
Their crimes will not be forgotten...
 
---------------- 
Edited June 12, 2026
The enemy has no idea – v2
 
Edited June 12, 2026
Soften His Heart, Lord
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/06/soften-his-heart-lord.html
A prayer to God over Vladimir Putin,
Edited June 6, 2026
His name is Death – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/06/his-name-is-death-v2.html
Перекладено 25 травня 2026 року
Ворог навіть не уявляє
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/blog-post_25.html
24 травня 2026 року
Ворог навіть не уявляє
після масових ракетних ударів Росії по Києву,
і протягом 4 років війни
May 24, 2026
The enemy has no idea
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-enemy-has-no-idea.html
Translated back into English, May 24, 2026
The Eyes of the Defenders – Version 3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-eyes-of-defenders-version-3.html
Today is the Day of the Heroes of Ukraine 
день Героїв України
They are with Ukraine now, in their fight. 
Stand with Ukraine. 
Happy Heroes Day.
And, based on post by Roman Sheremeta,
before and after photos of Ukrainian defenders
and Instagram posts by Olena Ivanenko and Khrystyna Kydrava
Translated, May 24, 2026
Очі захисників – версія 3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/3.html
Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
Edited May 23, 2026
Eyes of the Defenders - v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/eyes-of-defenders-v3.html
Edited November 27, 2025
The stain of innocent blood – v6
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-stain-of-innocent-blood-v6.html
Edited April 18, 2025
The stain of their blood – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-stain-of-their-blood-v2.html
May 22, 2024
In the crucible of history
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/in-crucible-of-history.html
the Ukrainian people
April 1, 2022
The stain of innocent blood
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/04/the-stain-of-innocent-blood.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, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.

Poetry, Ukraine, victory, hope, courage, heroes, victory, glory, Cossacks, eyes, truth, день Героїв України, defenders, Taras Shevchenko, justice,
 
#Poetry #Ukraine #victory #hope #courage #heroes #SlavaUkraini #victory #cossacks #glory #VyshyvankaDay #eyes #truth #деньГероївУкраїни #defenders #TarasShevchenko #justice #peace

Soften His Heart, Lord #poetry #God #love #Christ #Spirit #Pilate #Bulgakov #MasterandMargarita #sin #stain #Putin #Russia #Ukraine #warcrimes #innocentblood #curse #prayer #repentance #genocide #terror #TarasShevchenko #justice #VladimirPutin

Only You, Lord, can change him,
Only you have that power...
Speak into his heart...
Convict his soul...
 
Soften his heart, Lord,
Change him completely,
May he repent of this evil
his great sin...
 
Speak to him, Lord,
as only You can, truly...
May the Holy Spirit
change him within...
 
Open his eyes, Lord,
to see the destruction,
the consequences of his sin,
his evil intent...
 
Convict him, Lord,
as only You are able...
Lead him to repent,
to turn from this sin...
 
----------------
Edited June 12, 2026
Soften His Heart, Lord
 
A prayer to God over Vladimir Putin,
based on a statement of a Ukrainian defender
challenging my other poems...
“... you choose to harden your heart like the Russians,
you would call Mr. Putin all sorts of names,
that's not the life of Christ, Raymond...”
Edited June 6, 2026
His name is Death – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/06/his-name-is-death-v2.html
Translated into English May 25, 2026
The enemy has no idea - translated
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-enemy-has-no-idea-translated.html
after massive missile attacks by Russia on Kyiv,
and throughout the 4 years of the war
Edited December 2, 2025
the threat much closer – v6
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-threat-much-closer-v6.html
Edited November 27, 2025
The stain of innocent blood – v6
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-stain-of-innocent-blood-v6.html
This poem is about the character Pontius Pilate in the novel, The Master and Margarita,
by Mikhail Bulgakov, where Pilate is spending eternity, not in heaven or hell,
but trying to wash the innocent blood Jesus Christ from his hands.
This poem is transferring that same nightmarish judgment on Vladimir Putin
for the innocent blood of the people of Ukraine...
originally drafted April 1, 2022, 38 days into the full-scale invasion
Edited April 18, 2025
The stain of their blood – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-stain-of-their-blood-v2.html
May 22, 2024
In the crucible of history
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/in-crucible-of-history.html
About President Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський,
and the Ukrainian people
April 1, 2022
The stain of innocent blood
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/04/the-stain-of-innocent-blood.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, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.
 
Poetry, God, love, Christ, Spirit, Pilate, Bulgakov, Master and Margarita, sin, Putin, Russia, Ukraine, war crimes, innocent blood, prayer, curse, repentance, genocide, Taras Shevchenko, justice, Vladimir Putin,
 
#poetry #God #love #Christ #Spirit #Pilate #Bulgakov #MasterandMargarita #sin #stain #Putin #Russia #Ukraine #warcrimes #innocentblood #curse #prayer #repentance #genocide #terror #TarasShevchenko #justice #VladimirPutin

our living hope #Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #John14 #John15 #John16 #John17 #John18 #Messiah #calling #purpose #cross #love #servant #servanthood #bible #John19 #John20 #resurrection

the truth of this moment –
these witnesses testify –
Christ rose from the dead
and they believed...
 
help us to believe
for our faith is fickle,
make us to witness
to testify to life...
 
Christ is risen,
He is our Savior,
He is our living hope
in life and in death...
 
We are risen,
resurrected with Jesus,
We live already with Him
in the spiritual realm...
 
help us to believe
for our faith is fickle,
make us to witness
to testify to life...
 
------ 
June 12, 2026
our living hope
 
John 20
Ephesians 2:6
May 28, 2026
a red-letter life
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/a-red-letter-life.html
John 18:37
John 18
May 27, 2026
show them Jesus - 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/show-them-jesus-2.html
John 14
May 13, 2026
Rise, Destiny calls us
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/rise-destiny-calls-us.html
Based on John 14:31c
When Jesus said it was time to leave the Upper Room, but,
John 15, John 16, and John 17 are all in the Upper Room,
Jesus calls them to leave in John 18:1
 
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, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com 
Poetry Where You Live.

Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, John 14, John 15, John 16, John 17, John 18, John 19, John 20,  Messiah, calling, purpose, cross, love, servant, servanthood, bible, resurrection,

#Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #John14 #John15 #John16 #John17 #John18 #Messiah #calling #purpose #cross #love #servant #servanthood #bible #John19 #John20 #resurrection

#Pray: Soften His #Heart #poetry #God #love #Christ #Spirit #Pilate #Bulgakov #MasterandMargarita #sin #stain #VladimirPutin #Putin #Russia #Ukraine #warcrimes #innocentblood #curse #prayer #repentance #genocide #terror #TarasShevchenko #justice

Soften his heart, Lord,
Change him completely,
to repent for this evil
his great sin...
 
Speak to him, Lord,
as only You can...
May the Holy Spirit
change him within...
 
Open his eyes, Lord,
to see the destruction,
the consequences of his lusts,
his evil intent...
 
Convict him, Lord,
as only You are able...
Lead him to repent,
to turn from this sin...
 
----------------
June 11, 2026
Soften His Heart
 
A prayer to God
over Vladimir Putin,
based on a statement of a Ukrainian defender
challenging my other poems...
“... you choose to harden your heart like the Russians,
you would call Mr. Putin all sorts of names,
that's not the life of Christ, Raymond...”
Edited June 6, 2026
His name is Death – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/06/his-name-is-death-v2.html
Translated into English May 25, 2026
The enemy has no idea - translated
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-enemy-has-no-idea-translated.html
after massive missile attacks by Russia on Kyiv,
and throughout the 4 years of the war
Edited December 2, 2025
the threat much closer – v6
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-threat-much-closer-v6.html
Edited November 27, 2025
The stain of innocent blood – v6
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-stain-of-innocent-blood-v6.html
This poem is about the character Pontius Pilate in the novel, The Master and Margarita,
by Mikhail Bulgakov, where Pilate is spending eternity, not in heaven or hell,
but trying to wash the innocent blood Jesus Christ from his hands.
This poem is transferring that same nightmarish judgment on Vladimir Putin
for the innocent blood of the people of Ukraine...
originally drafted April 1, 2022, 38 days into the full-scale invasion
Edited April 18, 2025
The stain of their blood – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-stain-of-their-blood-v2.html
May 22, 2024
In the crucible of history
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/in-crucible-of-history.html
About President Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський,
and the Ukrainian people
April 1, 2022
The stain of innocent blood
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/04/the-stain-of-innocent-blood.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, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.
 
Poetry, God, love, Christ, Spirit, Pilate, Bulgakov, Master and Margarita, sin, Putin, Russia, Ukraine, war crimes, innocent blood, prayer, curse, repentance, genocide, Taras Shevchenko, justice,
 
#poetry #God #love #Christ #Spirit #Pilate #Bulgakov #MasterandMargarita #sin #stain #Putin #Russia #Ukraine #warcrimes #innocentblood #curse #prayer #repentance #genocide #terror #TarasShevchenko #justice

Because of all of you – v5 Завдяки вам усім – v4 #поезія #StandWithUkraine #Україна #захисники #перемога #мир #Славагероям #культура #ідентичність #єдність #любов #дух #спадщина #ТарасШевченко #українська #ChekaFest #вишиванка #ІринаЦибух #ЧК #ОленаІваненко #poetry #StandWithUkraine #Ukraine #Defenders #Victory #Peace #GlorytotheHeroes #culture #identity #unity #love #spirit #legacy #TarasShevchenko #Ukrainian #ChekaFest #Vyshyvanka #IrynaTsybukh #Cheka #OlenaIvanenko #вшануй #Honor

Through your conscious efforts and strength of spirit,
You bring each of them closer to yourself every day,
A Moment of Honor, a Minute of Silence,
when you pause as a people, as a nation...
You honor their service, their sacrifice,
preserving the memory of every hero,
of those who gave their lives...
 
Though they have fallen, they continue to live
Thanks to your devotion, your honor,
as a nation, as a people, as a sign of fidelity...
Though each has been taken from you...
Because of all of you, they live on...
 
You honor their sacrifice
for the sake of your nation, for Ukraine...
Their memory is not forgotten…
Your finest sons and daughters,
taken from you, far too young...
You hold each of them close,
They are as close as your breath...
 
Though they have fallen, they continue to live
Thanks to your devotion, your honor,
as a nation, as a people, as a sign of fidelity...
Though each has been taken from you...
Because of all of you, they live on...
 
---------------------
Revised June 8, 2026
Because of all of you – v5
 
after translated into Ukrainian and back to English
Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
Iryna "Cheka" Tsybukh
Cheka Fest
чекафест
Happy Birthday Iryna.
June 1, 1998 - May 29, 2024
Glory to the Heroes
Glory to Ukraine 🇺🇦
moment of honor
minute of silence
Перекладено 8 червня 2026 року
Завдяки вам усім – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/06/v4.html
Edited 6 June, 2026
Because of all of you – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/06/because-of-all-of-you-v4.html
1 June, 2026
Because of all of you
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/06/because-of-all-of-you.html
Edited May 27, 2026
Cheka, One Voice – Version 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/cheka-one-voice-version-2.html
Cheka Fest 2.0, 30/5/26, Lviv
https://www.instagram.com/cheka.fest/?hl=en
https://lviv.kontramarka.ua/en/cekafest-u-lvovi-105450.html
https://www.instagram.com/reels/DYzB4zKsMyD/
“To remember the dead is to appreciate the living.”
Quote by defender about Cheka Fest, June 1, 2025, in Lviv,
https://www.instagram.com/cheka.fest/
where 2,000 participants remembered fallen
combat medic Iryna "Cheka" Tsybukh, who died May 29, 2024,
days before her 26th birthday on June 1, 2024.
Edited March 21, 2026
Unity – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/unity-v2.html
Edited February 19, 2026
You hold each of them so closely – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/02/you-hold-each-of-them-so-closely-v3.html
February 19, 2026
Every. Single. Day.
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/02/every-single-day.html
Edited February 18, 2026
to remember the dead – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/02/to-remember-dead-v2.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, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com )  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.

poetry, Ukraine, defenders, victory, peace, Stand With Ukraine, Glory to the Heroes, culture, identity, unity, love, spirit, legacy, Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian, Cheka Fest, Iryna Tsybukh, Cheka, Moment of Honor, Minute of Silence, Вшануй, Honor,

#poetry #StandWithUkraine #Ukraine #Defenders #Victory #Peace #GlorytotheHeroes #culture #identity #unity #love #spirit #legacy #TarasShevchenko #Ukrainian #ChekaFest #Vyshyvanka #IrynaTsybukh #Cheka #OlenaIvanenko #вшануй #Honor
 

Завдяки вам усім – v4 #поезія #StandWithUkraine #Україна #захисники #перемога #мир #Славагероям #культура #ідентичність #єдність #любов #дух #спадщина #ТарасШевченко #українська #ChekaFest #вишиванка #ІринаЦибух #ЧК #ОленаІваненко #poetry #StandWithUkraine #Ukraine #Defenders #Victory #Peace #GlorytotheHeroes #culture #identity #unity #love #spirit #legacy #TarasShevchenko #Ukrainian #ChekaFest #Vyshyvanka #IrynaTsybukh #Cheka #OlenaIvanenko #вшануй #Honor

Своїми свідомими зусиллями та силою духу
ви щодня наближаєте кожного з них до себе,
хвилина пошани, хвилина мовчання,
коли ви зупиняєтеся як народ, як нація...
Ви вшановуєте їхню службу, їхню жертву,
зберігаючи пам’ять про кожного героя,
про тих, хто віддав своє життя...
 
Хоча вони полягли, вони продовжують жити
Завдяки вашій відданості, вашій честі,
як нації, як народу, як знаку вірності...
Хоча кожного з них у вас забрали...
Завдяки вам усім вони продовжують жити...
 
Ви вшановуєте їхню жертву
заради вашої нації, заради України...
Їхня пам'ять не забута…
Ваші найкращі сини та доньки,
забрані у вас, надто молоді...
Ви тримаєте кожного з них близько,
Вони так само близькі, як ваш подих...
 
Хоч вони й полягли, вони продовжують жити
Завдяки вашій відданості, вашій честі,
як нація, як народ, як знак вірності...
Хоч кожного з них у вас забрали...
Завдяки вам усім вони живуть далі...
 
-----------------
Перекладено 8 червня 2026 року
Завдяки вам усім – v4
 
Ірина «Чека» Цибух
Cheka Fest
чекафест
З днем народження, Ірино.
1 червня 1998 р. — 29 травня 2024 р.
Слава героям
Слава Україні 🇺🇦
хвилина пошани
хвилина мовчання
Edited 6 June, 2026
Because of all of you – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/06/because-of-all-of-you-v4.html
1 June, 2026
Because of all of you
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/06/because-of-all-of-you.html
Edited May 27, 2026
Cheka, One Voice – Version 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/cheka-one-voice-version-2.html
Cheka Fest 2.0, 30/5/26, Lviv
https://www.instagram.com/cheka.fest/?hl=en
https://lviv.kontramarka.ua/en/cekafest-u-lvovi-105450.html
https://www.instagram.com/reels/DYzB4zKsMyD/
“To remember the dead is to appreciate the living.”
Quote by defender about Cheka Fest, June 1, 2025, in Lviv,
https://www.instagram.com/cheka.fest/
where 2,000 participants remembered fallen
combat medic Iryna "Cheka" Tsybukh, who died May 29, 2024,
days before her 26th birthday on June 1, 2024.
Edited March 21, 2026
Unity – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/unity-v2.html
Edited February 19, 2026
You hold each of them so closely – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/02/you-hold-each-of-them-so-closely-v3.html
February 19, 2026
Every. Single. Day.
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/02/every-single-day.html
Edited February 18, 2026
to remember the dead – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/02/to-remember-dead-v2.html 

Всі мої вірші, фотографії та відеозаписи захищені авторським правом Реймонда А. Фосса, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 та 2026. Всі права захищені. З питань використання звертайтеся до мене, Рея Фосса (raymondafoss@gmail.com). Мої вірші можна переглянути на сайті www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Поезія там, де ви живете.
 
poetry, Ukraine, defenders, victory, peace, Stand With Ukraine, Glory to the Heroes, culture, identity, unity, love, spirit, legacy, Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian, Cheka Fest, Iryna Tsybukh, Cheka, Moment of Honor, Minute of Silence, Вшануй, Honor,
 
поезія, Україна, захисники, перемога, Слава героям, ідентичність, єдність, любов, дух, спадщина, Тарас Шевченко, українська, чекафест, Ірина Цибух, чека, Момент честі, Хвилина мовчання, Вшануй, Честь,
 
#поезія #StandWithUkraine #Україна #захисники #перемога #мир #Славагероям #культура #ідентичність #єдність #любов #дух #спадщина #ТарасШевченко #українська #ChekaFest #вишиванка #ІринаЦибух #ЧК #ОленаІваненко #вшануй #Honor

you steal a piece of my #soul – v2 #poetry #customers #invisiblepeople #retail #slavery #chains #respect #humanity #culture #America #God #fearofman #approval #idols #falseidols #pain #value #worth

you may not realize
your blatant condemnation
you disregard for our humanity
tired, angry, at your condescension...
One of the invisible people
you can look down on,
cell phones at the ready
barking your commands,
blindly denying our humanity…
 
you steal a piece of my soul
every time you ignore me
tapping on your phones
when you expect me to serve you
to know what you want
precisely, completely,
when you are not looking
when you don’t hear my questions
when you treat me
as one of the invisible people...
 
humbled before you,
your quick-snapped instructions,
looking down on us as servants
rejecting our equality...
seeing us as others as strangers,
not as good as you are
tapping on your cell phones
barking your orders
not noticing those before you…
 
I hate what you do
matters to me, at all,
that I seek any approval
in the eyes of man...
But your indifference cuts me
I feel your contempt for us
the invisible people, servants,
that you see as beneath you...
We must find our worth within,
and in the eyes of God...
 
-----
Merged June 8, 2026
you steal a piece of my soul – v2
 
Edited June 8, 2026
Invisible People – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/06/invisible-people-v2.html
June 8, 2026
you steal a piece of my soul
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/06/you-steal-piece-of-my-soul.html
Repost June 8, 2026
Invisible People
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/06/invisible-people.html
May 1, 2025
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/05/invisible-people.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, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.

poetry, customers, time, retail, slavery, chains, invisible people, respect, humanity, culture, America, cell phones, God, fear of man, approval, idols, false idols, pain, value, worth,
 
#poetry #customers #invisiblepeople #retail #slavery #chains #respect #humanity #culture #America #God #fearofman #approval #idols #falseidols #pain #value #worth
 

#Invisible #People – v2 #poetry #customers #invisiblepeople #retail #slavery #chains #respect #humanity #culture #America #God #fearofman #approval #idols #falseidols #pain #value #worth

you may not realize
your blatant condemnation
you disregard for our humanity
tired, angry, at your condescension...
One of the invisible people
you can look down on,
cell phones at the ready
barking your commands,
blindly denying our humanity…
 
humbled before you,
your quick-snapped instructions,
looking down on us as servants
rejecting our equality...
seeing us as others as strangers,
not as good as you are
tapping on your cell phones
barking your orders
not noticing those before you…
 
-------------
Edited June 8, 2026
Invisible People – v2
 
June 8, 2026
you steal a piece of my soul
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/06/you-steal-piece-of-my-soul.html
Repost June 8, 2026
Invisible People
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/06/invisible-people.html
May 1, 2025
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/05/invisible-people.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, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.

poetry, customers, time, retail, slavery, chains, invisible people, respect, humanity, culture, America, cell phones, God, fear of man, approval, idols, false idols, pain, value, worth,
 
#poetry #customers #invisiblepeople #retail #slavery #chains #respect #humanity #culture #America #God #fearofman #approval #idols #falseidols #pain #value #worth

you steal a piece of my #soul #poetry #customers #invisiblepeople #retail #slavery #chains #respect #humanity #culture #America #God #fearofman #approval #idols #falseidols #pain #value #worth

you steal a piece of my soul
every time you ignore me
tapping on your phones
when you expect me to serve you
to know what you want
precisely, completely,
when you are not looking
when you don’t hear my questions
when you treat me
as one of the invisible people...
 
I hate what you do
matters to me, at all,
that I seek any approval
in the eyes of man...
but your indifference cuts me
I feel your contempt for us
the invisible people, servants,
that you see as beneath you...
We must find our worth within,
and in the eyes of God...
 
-----
June 8, 2026
you steal a piece of my soul
 
Repost June 8, 2026
Invisible People
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/06/invisible-people.html
May 1, 2025
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/05/invisible-people.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, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.

poetry, customers, time, retail, slavery, chains, invisible people, respect, humanity, culture, America, cell phones, God, fear of man, approval, idols, false idols, pain,
 
#poetry #customers #invisiblepeople #retail #slavery #chains #respect #humanity #culture #America #God #fearofman #approval #idols #falseidols #pain
 

#Invisible #People #poetry #customers #invisiblepeople #retail #slavery #chains #respect #humanity #culture #America #God #fearofman #approval #idols #falseidols #pain #value #worth

they may not realize
their blatant condemnation
their disregard for our humanity
tired, angry, at their condescension
One of the invisible people
they can look down on,
cell phones at the ready
barking their commands,
blindly denying our humanity…
 
humbled before them,
their quick-snapped instructions,
looking down on us as servants
rejecting our equality,
seeing us as others as strangers,
not as good as they are
tapping on their cell phones
barking their orders
not noticing those before them…
 
-------------
Repost June 8, 2026
Invisible People
 
May 1, 2025
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/05/invisible-people.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, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.

poetry, customers, time, retail, slavery, chains, invisible people, respect, humanity, culture, America, cell phones, God, fear of man, approval, idols, false idols, 
 
#poetry #customers #invisiblepeople #retail #slavery #chains #respect #humanity #culture #America #God #fearofman #approval #idols #falseidols

Because of all of you – v4 Завдяки вам усім – v4 #поезія #StandWithUkraine #Україна #захисники #перемога #мир #Славагероям #культура #ідентичність #єдність #любов #дух #спадщина #ТарасШевченко #українська #ChekaFest #вишиванка #ІринаЦибух #ЧК #ОленаІваненко #poetry #StandWithUkraine #Ukraine #Defenders #Victory #Peace #GlorytotheHeroes #culture #identity #unity #love #spirit #legacy #TarasShevchenko #Ukrainian #ChekaFest #Vyshyvanka #IrynaTsybukh #Cheka #OlenaIvanenko #вшануй #Honor

By your conscious efforts, your spirits,
You draw each of them to you, daily,
A Moment of Honor, a Minute of Silence,
stopping as a people, a nation...
You honor their service, their sacrifice,
holding the memory of each hero,
those who have paid the price...

They live, though they have fallen
owing to your devotion, your reverence,
as a nation, as a people, fidelity...
Though they have been taken from you...
Because of all of you... They live...
 
You honor their sacrifice
for your nation, for Ukraine...
Their memory is not forgotten...
Your best sons and daughters
taken too young from you...
You hold each of them closely,
They are as close as breath...

They live, though they have fallen
owing to your devotion, your reverence,
as a nation, as a people, fidelity...
Though they have been taken from you...
Because of all of you... They live...

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Edited 6 June, 2026
Because of all of you – v4
 
Iryna "Cheka" Tsybukh
Cheka Fest
чекафест
Happy Birthday Iryna.
June 1, 1998 - May 29, 2024
Glory to the Heroes
Glory to Ukraine 🇺🇦
moment of honor
minute of silence
Edited 2 June, 2026
Because of all of you – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/06/because-of-all-of-you-v3.html
edited 1 June, 2026
Because of all of you – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/06/because-of-all-of-you-v2-poetry.html
1 June, 2026
Because of all of you
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/06/because-of-all-of-you.html
Edited May 27, 2026
Cheka, One Voice – Version 2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/cheka-one-voice-version-2.html
Cheka Fest 2.0, 30/5/26, Lviv
https://www.instagram.com/cheka.fest/?hl=en
https://lviv.kontramarka.ua/en/cekafest-u-lvovi-105450.html
https://www.instagram.com/reels/DYzB4zKsMyD/
“To remember the dead is to appreciate the living.”
Quote by defender about Cheka Fest, June 1, 2025, in Lviv,
https://www.instagram.com/cheka.fest/
where 2,000 participants remembered fallen
combat medic Iryna "Cheka" Tsybukh, who died May 29, 2024,
days before her 26th birthday on June 1, 2024.
Edited March 21, 2026
Unity – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/unity-v2.html
Edited February 19, 2026
You hold each of them so closely – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/02/you-hold-each-of-them-so-closely-v3.html
February 19, 2026
Every. Single. Day.
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/02/every-single-day.html
Edited February 18, 2026
to remember the dead – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/02/to-remember-dead-v2.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, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com )  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.

poetry, Ukraine, defenders, victory, peace, Stand With Ukraine, Glory to the Heroes, culture, identity, unity, love, spirit, legacy, Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian, Cheka Fest, Iryna Tsybukh, Cheka, Moment of Honor, Minute of Silence, Вшануй, Honor,

#poetry #StandWithUkraine #Ukraine #Defenders #Victory #Peace #GlorytotheHeroes #culture #identity #unity #love #spirit #legacy #TarasShevchenko #Ukrainian #ChekaFest #Vyshyvanka #IrynaTsybukh #Cheka #OlenaIvanenko #вшануй #Honor

His name is Death – v2 #Poetry #Ukraine #victory #hope #courage #heroes #SlavaUkraini #victory #Vyshyvanka #cossacks #glory #truth #defenders #TarasShevchenko #justice #peace #Russia #Putin #curse #blood

Putin will be remembered...
His name written in blood...
He will be reviled in history...
His name will be a curse...
 
His lust is killing
his own people...
His name is Death,
this false tsar of Russia...
 
Putin will not stand...
He will be defeated...
Russia will not continue –
It will be destroyed...
 
He will be the last tsar
before Russia’s disintegration...
The Federation will explode
into many sovereign nations...
 
Putin will be haunted
His name written in blood...
He will be reviled in history
His name will be a curse...

 
----------------
Edited June 6, 2026
His name is Death – v2
 
Translated into English May 25, 2026
The enemy has no idea - translated
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-enemy-has-no-idea-translated.html
Перекладено 25 травня 2026 року
Ворог навіть не уявляє
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/blog-post_25.html
24 травня 2026 року
Ворог навіть не уявляє
після масових ракетних ударів Росії по Києву,
і протягом 4 років війни
May 24, 2026
The enemy has no idea
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-enemy-has-no-idea.html
after massive missile attacks by Russia on Kyiv,
and throughout the 4 years of the war
Translated back into English, May 24, 2026
The Eyes of the Defenders – Version 3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-eyes-of-defenders-version-3.html
Today is the Day of the Heroes of Ukraine 
день Героїв України
Translated, May 24, 2026
Очі захисників – версія 3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/3.html
Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
Edited May 23, 2026
Eyes of the Defenders - v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/eyes-of-defenders-v3.html
May 21, 2026
The Patterns of Their Culture
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-patterns-of-their-culture.html
Happy #VyshyvankaDay 2026
З Днем вишиванки!
21 травня 2026 року
Візерунки їхньої культури
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/blog-post_20.html
З Днем вишиванки!
Happy #VyshyvankaDay
May 22, 2024
In the crucible of history
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/05/in-crucible-of-history.html
About President Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський,
and the Ukrainian people
 
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, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com)  for usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.

Poetry, Ukraine, victory, hope, courage, heroes, victory, glory, Cossacks, truth, Taras Shevchenko, justice, Russia, Putin, curse, blood,
 
#Poetry #Ukraine #victory #hope #courage #heroes #SlavaUkraini #victory #Vyshyvanka #cossacks #glory #truth #defenders #TarasShevchenko #justice #peace #Russia #Putin #curse #blood