Truly, Truly #Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #John 13 #John15 #Messiah #calling #purpose #Judas #betrayal #Satan #Peter #cross #love #servant #servanthood

Weight, power in these words,
Christ’s urgent message
in the Upper Room...
 
Truly, Truly,
more than for emphasis,
a prayer, a pledge,
a message for all of us...
 
An oath repeated
a promise of God
there in the upper room
as darkness had come...
 
Truly, Truly,
Christ’s repetition,
a mark on the power
what was to come...
 
-------------
May 2, 2026
Truly, Truly
 
Based on John 13:1, 16, 20, 21, 38
Based on John 13:12-17
Based on John 13:34-35
Based on John 15:9-14
May 2, 2026
pride before the Fall
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/pride-before-fall.html
Based on John 13
May 2, 2026
the shadow of Satan
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-shadow-of-satan.html
Based on John 13:27
May 2, 2026
serving Judas
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/serving-judas.html
Based on John 13
May 2, 2026
hearing her heartbeat
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/hearing-her-heartbeat.html
Based on John 13
April 30, 2026
A kernel of heaven
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/a-kernel-of-heaven.html
Based on John 13
Edited March 27, 2026
while sitting shiva – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/while-sitting-shiva-v2.html
Based on John 11
March 26, 2026
The march to the cross
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-march-to-cross.html 
Based on John 11
March 26, 2026
God cried, Jesus wept...
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/god-cried-jesus-wept.html
Based on John 11
March 26, 2026
We have all the signs we need.
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/we-have-all-signs-we-need.html
Based on John 11
March 19, 2026
John 10
March 12, 2026
proclaim boldly
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/proclaim-boldly.html
Based on John 9
 
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 13, John 15, Messiah, calling, purpose, cross, Judas, betrayal, Satan, Peter, love, servant, servanthood,

#Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #John 13 #John15 #Messiah #calling #purpose #Judas #betrayal #Satan #Peter #cross #love #servant #servanthood

#pride before the #Fall #Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #John 13 #John15 #Messiah #calling #purpose #Judas #betrayal #Satan #Peter #cross #love #servant #servanthood

full of himself, his faith,
prepared to die for Jesus
bragging he would be first
before all the others...
 
pride before the Fall,
his denial, his betrayal,
before the cock crowed,
before his sorrow...
 
-------------
May 2, 2026
pride before the Fall
 
Based on John 13
Based on John 13:36-38
May 2, 2026
the shadow of Satan
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-shadow-of-satan.html
Based on John 13:27
Based on John 13:2
Based on John 13:21-30
Based on John 13
May 2, 2026
serving Judas
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/serving-judas.html
Based on John 13
May 2, 2026
hearing her heartbeat
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/hearing-her-heartbeat.html
Based on John 13
April 30, 2026
A kernel of heaven
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/a-kernel-of-heaven.html
Based on John 13
Edited March 27, 2026
while sitting shiva – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/while-sitting-shiva-v2.html
Based on John 11
March 26, 2026
The march to the cross
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-march-to-cross.html 
Based on John 11
March 26, 2026
God cried, Jesus wept...
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/god-cried-jesus-wept.html
Based on John 11
March 26, 2026
We have all the signs we need.
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/we-have-all-signs-we-need.html
Based on John 11
March 19, 2026
John 10
March 12, 2026
proclaim boldly
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/proclaim-boldly.html
Based on John 9
March 12, 2026
the accursed gift of free will
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-accursed-gift-of-free-will.html
Based on John 9
March 12, 2026
God has a plan - 6
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/god-has-plan-6.html
Based on John 9
Edited March 9, 2026
They chose the darkness – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/they-chose-darkness-v2.html
Based on John 8
 
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 13, John 15, Messiah, calling, purpose, cross, Judas, betrayal, Satan, Peter, love, servant, servanthood,

#Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #John 13 #John15 #Messiah #calling #purpose #Judas #betrayal #Satan #Peter #cross #love #servant #servanthood

the #shadow of #Satan #Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #John 13 #John15 #Messiah #calling #purpose #Judas #betrayal #Satan #Peter #cross #love #servant #servanthood

The Devil was present with them
in the upper room
as Jesus washed their feet
as His hour had come...
 
Jesus gave the Devil permission
for Satan to enter Judas,
Christ set the night into motion,
saying he may leave...
 
Christ knew the deception,
The bargain that Judas entered
Satan entered Judas,
and it was night...
 
-------------
May 2, 2026
the shadow of Satan
 
Based on John 13:27
Based on John 13:2
Based on John 13:21-30
Based on John 13
May 2, 2026
serving Judas
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/serving-judas.html
Based on John 13
May 2, 2026
hearing her heartbeat
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/hearing-her-heartbeat.html
Based on John 13
April 30, 2026
A kernel of heaven
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/a-kernel-of-heaven.html
Based on John 13
Edited March 27, 2026
while sitting shiva – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/while-sitting-shiva-v2.html
Based on John 11
March 26, 2026
The march to the cross
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-march-to-cross.html 
Based on John 11
March 26, 2026
God cried, Jesus wept...
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/god-cried-jesus-wept.html
Based on John 11
March 26, 2026
We have all the signs we need.
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/we-have-all-signs-we-need.html
Based on John 11
March 19, 2026
John 10
March 12, 2026
proclaim boldly
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/proclaim-boldly.html
Based on John 9
March 12, 2026
the accursed gift of free will
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-accursed-gift-of-free-will.html
Based on John 9
March 12, 2026
God has a plan - 6
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/god-has-plan-6.html
Based on John 9
Edited March 9, 2026
They chose the darkness – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/they-chose-darkness-v2.html
Based on John 8
 
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 13, John 15, Messiah, calling, purpose, cross, Judas, betrayal, Satan, Peter, love, servant, servanthood,

#Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #John 13 #John15 #Messiah #calling #purpose #Judas #betrayal #Satan #Peter #cross #love #servant #servanthood

serving #Judas #Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #John 13 #John15 #Messiah #calling #purpose #freewill #choice #Judas #Peter #cross #love #servant #servanthood

being the humble servant
serving Judas, serving Peter,
washing the feet of the disciples
of those who would betray Him,
those who would run away...
 
washing the feet of those
who would betray,
those who would hurt us,
putting Christ’s towel upon us
to wash their feet...
 
embracing His message of service,
of bringing others to Him
donning the mantle of servanthood,
of kneeling before our neighbor
to offer them Jesus Christ...
 
-------------
May 2, 2026
serving Judas
 
Based on John 13
Men’s Thursday Night Bible Study
North Hills Church
May 2, 2026
hearing her heartbeat
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/hearing-her-heartbeat.html
Based on John 13
April 30, 2026
A kernel of heaven
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/a-kernel-of-heaven.html
Based on John 13
Edited March 27, 2026
while sitting shiva – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/while-sitting-shiva-v2.html
Based on John 11
March 26, 2026
The march to the cross
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-march-to-cross.html 
Based on John 11
March 26, 2026
God cried, Jesus wept...
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/god-cried-jesus-wept.html
Based on John 11
March 26, 2026
We have all the signs we need.
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/we-have-all-signs-we-need.html
Based on John 11
March 19, 2026
John 10
March 12, 2026
proclaim boldly
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/proclaim-boldly.html
Based on John 9
March 12, 2026
the accursed gift of free will
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-accursed-gift-of-free-will.html
Based on John 9
March 12, 2026
God has a plan - 6
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/god-has-plan-6.html
Based on John 9
Edited March 9, 2026
They chose the darkness – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/they-chose-darkness-v2.html
Based on John 8
 
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 13, John 15, Messiah, calling, purpose, free will, choice, cross, Judas, Peter, love, servant, servanthood,

#Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #John 13 #John15 #Messiah #calling #purpose #freewill #choice #Judas #Peter #cross #love #servant #servanthood
 
Poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, John 13, John 15, Messiah, calling, purpose, incarnation, Mary, heartbeat, womb, intimacy, servant, Magnificat,

#Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #John 13 #John15 #Messiah #calling #purpose #incarnation #Mary #heartbeat #womb #intimacy #servant #Magnificat

#hearing her #heartbeat #Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #John 13 #John15 #Messiah #calling #purpose #incarnation #Mary #heartbeat #womb #intimacy #servant #Magnificat

every mother is Mary
eternity in her vessel growing,
part of creation with the Creator...
but, oh, the wonder,
from the moment of conception,
before the manger,
before His sacrifice, love,
the intimacy of incarnation
Christ in that secret place,
held in his mother’s womb...
 
become God’s servant,
her life, her body, her all,
become a holy vessel, but
far more than her womb,
carrying the seed of Jesus,
her place in this world,
Mother Mary, our matriarch
holding eternity closely
the life growing within her
the immortal had become flesh...
 
the kernel of heaven within her
growing within her vessel
God’s holy seed, the Christ...
The Creator, who set the stars in motion,
folded Himself into the smallest seed of humanity,
choosing fragility, choosing dependence -
Nine months of quiet, of waiting,
a heartbeat beside Mary’s own,
listening to the heartbeat of Mary,
Jesus, our Lord and Savior...
 
inside the bounds of time,
love, living as we do, mortal,
nine months of quiet, of waiting,
every child before they are born,
like our risen Lord and Savior
hearing the heartbeat of our mother,
a divine pulse beating within her flesh.
formed in silence, in secret
conscious of humanity, human,
of the world He had entered,
broken, in need of redemption...
 
-------------

May 2, 2026

hearing her heartbeat

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/hearing-her-heartbeat.html 

Based on John 13

April 30, 2026

A kernel of heaven

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/05/a-kernel-of-heaven.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, Christ, Spirit, John 13, John 15, Messiah, calling, purpose, incarnation, Mary, heartbeat, womb, intimacy, servant, Magnificat,

#Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #John 13 #John15 #Messiah #calling #purpose #incarnation #Mary #heartbeat #womb #intimacy #servant #Magnificat

A #kernel of #heaven #Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #John11 #John12 #John13 #John15 #Messiah #faith #believe #calling #purpose #freewill #baby #choice #resurrection #cross

Before the cross, the Passion,
Before He washed His disciples' feet
even the feet of Judas, of Peter,
the one who betrayed Him,
the one who denied Him
all those who ran away...
 
Even before the manger,
His birth in a lowly stable
Christ became mortal
leaving eternity
a kernel of heaven
in Mary’s womb...
 
Fully God but fully Man,
folded into the smallest seed of humanity,
listening to the heartbeat of Mary,
Jesus, our Lord and Savior
As we were in the secret place
formed in our mother's womb...
 
A kernel of heaven
inside the bounds of time
living as we do, mortal,
nine months of quiet, of waiting,
Every child before they are born,
like our risen Lord and Savior...
 
-------------
April 30, 2026
A kernel of heaven
 
Based on John 13
Men’s Thursday Night Bible Study
North Hills Church
Edited March 27, 2026
while sitting shiva – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/while-sitting-shiva-v2.html
Based on John 11
Men’s Thursday Night Bible Study
North Hills Church
March 26, 2026
The march to the cross
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-march-to-cross.html 
Based on John 11
March 26, 2026
God cried, Jesus wept...
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/god-cried-jesus-wept.html
Based on John 11
March 26, 2026
We have all the signs we need.
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/we-have-all-signs-we-need.html
Based on John 11
March 19, 2026
John 10
March 12, 2026
proclaim boldly
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/proclaim-boldly.html
Based on John 9
March 12, 2026
the accursed gift of free will
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-accursed-gift-of-free-will.html
Based on John 9
March 12, 2026
God has a plan - 6
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/god-has-plan-6.html
Based on John 9
Edited March 9, 2026
They chose the darkness – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/they-chose-darkness-v2.html
Based on John 8
 
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 11, John 12, John 13, John 15, Messiah, faith, believe, calling, purpose, free will, choice, resurrection, cross,

#Poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #John11 #John12 #John13 #John15 #Messiah #faith #believe #calling #purpose #freewill #choice #resurrection #cross

Four years - v2 #poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #Taras #Shevchenko #muse #Ukrainian #glory #serfdom #prison #freedom #independence #history

Four years of the war of terror,
and there is no end in sight...
Twelve years, in truth, and
centuries of conquests...
 
Stolen heritage, identity,
an attempt to destroy a nation...
Four years of genocide
horror while the innocent sleep...
 
Three hundred years
seeking to conquer
erase these people...
 
History will remember
every crime against Ukraine...
 
-------------------
Edited April 30, 2026
Four Years – v2
 
Відредаговано 30 квітня 2026 р
Чотири роки – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/v2_30.html
Edited April 30, 2026
because of a silenced truth – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/because-of-silenced-truth-v3.html
April 26, 2026, post
https://www.facebook.com/kmathernova/posts/pfbid02T9NjQCXEmadCTn1QVjqigYp39z7DRgQL4cUWnjHnTh6urmc8LfWH9BJgPxZd3oH6l
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/katarinamathernova_forty-years-ago-at-end-april-i-walked-through-ugcPost-7454220202382344192-HkGa/
by Katarina Mathernova,
Ambassador of the European Union to Ukraine
on Soviet silence about the Chornobyl nuclear accident 40 years ago
Edited April 15, 2026
Our memory lives on, eternal - v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/our-memory-lives-on-eternal-v4.html
Edited April 8, 2026
Our memory lives on, eternal – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/our-memory-lives-on-eternal-v3.html
8 квітня 2026 р.
Наша пам'ять жива, вічна – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/v3.html
Edited April 6, 2026
Our memory lives on, eternal – v2
6 квітня 2026 р.
Наша пам'ять жива, вічна – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/v2.html
Edited April 6, 2026
Our memory lives on, eternal – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/our-memory-lives-on-eternal-v2.html
6 квітня 2026 р.
Наша пам'ять жива, вічна
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/blog-post_6.html
1-ша річниця різанини в Кривий Ріг та стільки постів від близьких
захисників та інших жертв в Україні.
6 квітня 2026 р.
Жива пам'ять
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/blog-post.html
1-year anniversary of the massacre in Kryvyi Rih, and so many posts by loved ones
of defenders and other victims in Ukraine.
Edited March 31, 2026
Будеш вільна, Україно
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/blog-post_31.html
Edited March 31, 2026
You will be free, Ukraine!
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/you-will-be-free-ukraine_31.html
Edited March 29, 2026
Honor – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/honor-v3.html
Edited March 29, 2026
Честь – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/v3.html
March 24, 2026
Душа Поета
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/blog-post_24.html
March 24, 2026
The soul of the poet
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-soul-of-poet.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, 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, God, prayer, war, terror, genocide, Russia, peace, victory, Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian, freedom, independence, history, glory, pain, serfdom, muse, prison,
 
#poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #Taras #Shevchenko #muse #Ukrainian #glory #serfdom #prison #freedom #independence #history

#Чотири #роки - v2 #poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #Taras #Shevchenko #muse #Ukrainian #glory #serfdom #prison #freedom #independence #history #поезія #Україна #Бог #молитва #війна #терор #геноцид #Росія #мир #перемога #ТарасШевченко #Тарас #Шевченко #муза #українець #слава #кріпацтво #тюрма #свобода #незалежність #історія

Чотири роки війни терору,
і кінця не видно...
Дванадцять років, по правді, і
століттi завоювань...
 
Викрадена спадщина, особистість,
спроба знищити націю...
Чотири роки геноциду
жах поки невинні сплять...
 
Триста років
прагнучи завоювати
стерти цих людей...
 
Історія запам'ятає
кожен злочин проти України...
 
-------------------
Відредаговано 30 квітня 2026 р
Чотири роки – v2
 
Edited April 30, 2026
Four Years – v2
 
April 29, 2026
because of a silenced truth
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/because-of-silenced-truth.html
April 26, 2026, post
https://www.facebook.com/kmathernova/posts/pfbid02T9NjQCXEmadCTn1QVjqigYp39z7DRgQL4cUWnjHnTh6urmc8LfWH9BJgPxZd3oH6l
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/katarinamathernova_forty-years-ago-at-end-april-i-walked-through-ugcPost-7454220202382344192-HkGa/
by Katarina Mathernova,
Ambassador of the European Union to Ukraine
on Soviet silence about the Chornobyl nuclear accident 40 years ago
Edited April 15, 2026
Our memory lives on, eternal - v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/our-memory-lives-on-eternal-v4.html
Edited April 8, 2026
Our memory lives on, eternal – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/our-memory-lives-on-eternal-v3.html
8 квітня 2026 р.
Наша пам'ять жива, вічна – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/v3.html
6 квітня 2026 р.
Наша пам'ять жива, вічна
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/blog-post_6.html
1-ша річниця різанини в Кривий Ріг та стільки постів від близьких
захисників та інших жертв в Україні.
6 квітня 2026 р.
Жива пам'ять
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/blog-post.html
1-year anniversary of the massacre in Kryvyi Rih, and so many posts by loved ones
of defenders and other victims in Ukraine.
Edited March 31, 2026
Будеш вільна, Україно
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/blog-post_31.html
Edited March 31, 2026
You will be free, Ukraine!
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/you-will-be-free-ukraine_31.html
Edited March 29, 2026
Honor – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/honor-v3.html
Edited March 29, 2026
Честь – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/v3.html
March 24, 2026
Душа Поета
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/blog-post_24.html
March 24, 2026
The soul of the poet
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-soul-of-poet.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, 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.
 
поезія, Україна, Бог, молитва, війна, терор, геноцид, Росія, мир, перемога, Тарас Шевченко, українець, свобода, незалежність, історія,
 
#поезія #Україна #Бог #молитва #війна #терор #геноцид #Росія #мир #перемога #ТарасШевченко #Тарас #Шевченко #муза #українець #слава #кріпацтво #тюрма #свобода #незалежність #історія

because of a silenced truth – v3 #poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #Taras #Shevchenko #muse #Ukrainian #glory #freedom #independence #history

We hide from reality
our own complicity,
our unwillingness to act
running over history,
the objective truth  –
the cause of this aggression –
Claiming neutrality in genocide
when that is not an option...
Facts do not allow that deception
over their lies, their propaganda,
The blood in the streets...
 
Clarity has been obscured,
moral authority diminished,
within the fog of dependence
of compromise, half-measures,
requiring too much courage
because of a silenced truth...
Complacency, self-interest
melts into complicity,
in the face of terror -
A curse of our sin,
our failure to act...
 
We claim to support them
to do what is just, to remember,
while we watch their anguish...
We proclaim we stand with them
but we stand on the back foot -
timid, complacent, complicit -
going no further than self-interest,
not doing what is right...
When they stand resolute...
When they have no choice...
When we must help...
 
-------------------
Edited April 30, 2026
because of a silenced truth – v3
 
April 26, 2026, post
https://www.facebook.com/kmathernova/posts/pfbid02T9NjQCXEmadCTn1QVjqigYp39z7DRgQL4cUWnjHnTh6urmc8LfWH9BJgPxZd3oH6l
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/katarinamathernova_forty-years-ago-at-end-april-i-walked-through-ugcPost-7454220202382344192-HkGa/
by Katarina Mathernova,
Ambassador of the European Union to Ukraine
on Soviet silence about the Chornobyl nuclear accident 40 years ago
Edited April 15, 2026
Our memory lives on, eternal - v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/our-memory-lives-on-eternal-v4.html
Edited April 8, 2026
Our memory lives on, eternal – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/our-memory-lives-on-eternal-v3.html
8 квітня 2026 р.
Наша пам'ять жива, вічна – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/v3.html
6 квітня 2026 р.
Наша пам'ять жива, вічна – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/v2.html
Edited April 6, 2026
Our memory lives on, eternal – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/our-memory-lives-on-eternal-v2.html
1-ша річниця різанини в Кривий Ріг та стільки постів від близьких
захисників та інших жертв в Україні.
6 квітня 2026 р.
Жива пам'ять
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/blog-post.html
Edited March 31, 2026
Будеш вільна, Україно
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/blog-post_31.html
Edited March 31, 2026
You will be free, Ukraine!
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/you-will-be-free-ukraine_31.html
Edited March 29, 2026
Honor – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/honor-v3.html
Edited March 29, 2026
Честь – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/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, 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, God, prayer, war, terror, genocide, Russia, peace, victory, Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian, freedom, independence, history, glory, pain, serfdom, muse, prison,
 
#poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #Taras #Shevchenko #muse #Ukrainian #glory #freedom #independence #history

because of a silenced truth – v2 #poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #Taras #Shevchenko #muse #Ukrainian #glory #freedom #independence #history

We hide from reality
running over history –
the cause of this aggression –
claiming neutrality in genocide
when that is not an option...
Truth does not allow that deception
over their lies, their propaganda,
The blood in the streets...
 
Clarity has been obscured
within the fog of dependence
requiring too much courage
because of a silenced truth...
Complacency, self-interest
morphs to complicity,
in the face of terror -
A curse of our sin...
 
We claim to support them
to do what is just, to remember,
but we stand on the back foot
timid, complacent, complicit,
going no further than self-interest...
When they stand resolute...
When they have no choice...
When we must help...
 
-------------------
Edited April 30, 2026
because of a silenced truth – v2
 
April 26, 2026, post
https://www.facebook.com/kmathernova/posts/pfbid02T9NjQCXEmadCTn1QVjqigYp39z7DRgQL4cUWnjHnTh6urmc8LfWH9BJgPxZd3oH6l
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/katarinamathernova_forty-years-ago-at-end-april-i-walked-through-ugcPost-7454220202382344192-HkGa/
by Katarina Mathernova,
Ambassador of the European Union to Ukraine
on Soviet silence about the Chornobyl nuclear accident 40 years ago
Edited April 15, 2026
Our memory lives on, eternal - v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/our-memory-lives-on-eternal-v4.html
Edited April 8, 2026
Our memory lives on, eternal – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/our-memory-lives-on-eternal-v3.html
8 квітня 2026 р.
Наша пам'ять жива, вічна – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/v3.html
Edited April 6, 2026
Our memory lives on, eternal – v2
6 квітня 2026 р.
Наша пам'ять жива, вічна – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/v2.html
Edited April 6, 2026
Our memory lives on, eternal – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/our-memory-lives-on-eternal-v2.html
6 квітня 2026 р.
Наша пам'ять жива, вічна
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/blog-post_6.html
1-ша річниця різанини в Кривий Ріг та стільки постів від близьких
захисників та інших жертв в Україні.
6 квітня 2026 р.
Жива пам'ять
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/blog-post.html
1-year anniversary of the massacre in Kryvyi Rih
Edited March 31, 2026
Будеш вільна, Україно
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/blog-post_31.html
Edited March 31, 2026
You will be free, Ukraine!
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/you-will-be-free-ukraine_31.html
Edited March 29, 2026
Honor – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/honor-v3.html
Edited March 29, 2026
Честь – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/v3.html
March 24, 2026
Душа Поета
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/blog-post_24.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, 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, God, prayer, war, terror, genocide, Russia, peace, victory, Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian, freedom, independence, history, glory, pain, serfdom, muse, prison,
 
#poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #Taras #Shevchenko #muse #Ukrainian #glory #freedom #independence #history

Чотири роки #poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #Taras #Shevchenko #muse #Ukrainian #glory #serfdom #prison #freedom #independence #history #поезія #Україна #Бог #молитва #війна #терор #геноцид #Росія #мир #перемога #ТарасШевченко #Тарас #Шевченко #муза #українець #слава #кріпацтво #тюрма #свобода #незалежність #історія

Чотири роки війни
і кінця не видно...
Дванадцять років, по правді, і
століттi завоювань...
 
Вкрадена спадщина
Знищення нації...
Чотири роки геноциду
жах поки сплять...
 
Триста років
прагнучи завоювати
стерти цих людей...
Історія запам'ятає
кожен злочин проти України...
 
-------------------
April 29, 2026
Чотири роки
 
April 29, 2026
Four Years
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/four-years.html
April 29, 2026
because of a silenced truth
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/because-of-silenced-truth.html
April 26, 2026, post
https://www.facebook.com/kmathernova/posts/pfbid02T9NjQCXEmadCTn1QVjqigYp39z7DRgQL4cUWnjHnTh6urmc8LfWH9BJgPxZd3oH6l
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/katarinamathernova_forty-years-ago-at-end-april-i-walked-through-ugcPost-7454220202382344192-HkGa/
by Katarina Mathernova,
Ambassador of the European Union to Ukraine
on Soviet silence about the Chornobyl nuclear accident 40 years ago
Edited April 15, 2026
Our memory lives on, eternal - v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/our-memory-lives-on-eternal-v4.html
Edited April 8, 2026
Our memory lives on, eternal – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/our-memory-lives-on-eternal-v3.html
8 квітня 2026 р.
Наша пам'ять жива, вічна – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/v3.html
6 квітня 2026 р.
Наша пам'ять жива, вічна
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/blog-post_6.html
1-ша річниця різанини в Кривий Ріг та стільки постів від близьких
захисників та інших жертв в Україні.
6 квітня 2026 р.
Жива пам'ять
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/blog-post.html
1-year anniversary of the massacre in Kryvyi Rih, and so many posts by loved ones
of defenders and other victims in Ukraine.
Edited March 31, 2026
Будеш вільна, Україно
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/blog-post_31.html
Edited March 31, 2026
You will be free, Ukraine!
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/you-will-be-free-ukraine_31.html
Edited March 29, 2026
Honor – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/honor-v3.html
Edited March 29, 2026
Честь – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/v3.html
March 24, 2026
Душа Поета
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/blog-post_24.html
March 24, 2026
The soul of the poet
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-soul-of-poet.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, 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, God, prayer, war, terror, genocide, Russia, peace, victory, Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian, freedom, independence, history, glory, pain, serfdom, muse, prison,
 
#poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #Taras #Shevchenko #muse #Ukrainian #glory #serfdom #prison #freedom #independence #history

Four Years #poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #Taras #Shevchenko #muse #Ukrainian #glory #serfdom #prison #freedom #independence #history

Four years of war
and there is no end in sight...
Twelve years, in truth, and
centuries of conquests...
 
A stolen legacy
Destruction of a nation...
Four years of genocide
horror while sleeping...
 
Three hundred years
seeking to conquer
erase these people...
History will remember
every crime against Ukraine...
 
-------------------
April 29, 2026
Four Years
 
April 29, 2026
because of a silenced truth
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/because-of-silenced-truth.html
April 26, 2026, post
https://www.facebook.com/kmathernova/posts/pfbid02T9NjQCXEmadCTn1QVjqigYp39z7DRgQL4cUWnjHnTh6urmc8LfWH9BJgPxZd3oH6l
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/katarinamathernova_forty-years-ago-at-end-april-i-walked-through-ugcPost-7454220202382344192-HkGa/
by Katarina Mathernova,
Ambassador of the European Union to Ukraine
on Soviet silence about the Chornobyl nuclear accident 40 years ago
Edited April 15, 2026
Our memory lives on, eternal - v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/our-memory-lives-on-eternal-v4.html
Edited April 8, 2026
Our memory lives on, eternal – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/our-memory-lives-on-eternal-v3.html
8 квітня 2026 р.
Наша пам'ять жива, вічна – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/v3.html
Edited April 6, 2026
Our memory lives on, eternal – v2
6 квітня 2026 р.
Наша пам'ять жива, вічна – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/v2.html
Edited April 6, 2026
Our memory lives on, eternal – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/our-memory-lives-on-eternal-v2.html
6 квітня 2026 р.
Наша пам'ять жива, вічна
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/blog-post_6.html
1-ша річниця різанини в Кривий Ріг та стільки постів від близьких
захисників та інших жертв в Україні.
6 квітня 2026 р.
Жива пам'ять
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/blog-post.html
1-year anniversary of the massacre in Kryvyi Rih, and so many posts by loved ones
of defenders and other victims in Ukraine.
Edited March 31, 2026
Будеш вільна, Україно
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/blog-post_31.html
Edited March 31, 2026
You will be free, Ukraine!
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/you-will-be-free-ukraine_31.html
Edited March 29, 2026
Honor – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/honor-v3.html
Edited March 29, 2026
Честь – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/v3.html
March 24, 2026
Душа Поета
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/blog-post_24.html
March 24, 2026
The soul of the poet
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-soul-of-poet.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, 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, God, prayer, war, terror, genocide, Russia, peace, victory, Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian, freedom, independence, history, glory, pain, serfdom, muse, prison,
 
#poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #Taras #Shevchenko #muse #Ukrainian #glory #serfdom #prison #freedom #independence #history

because of a #silenced #truth #poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #Taras #Shevchenko #muse #Ukrainian #glory #serfdom #prison #freedom #independence #history

 
We hide from reality
running over history –
the cause of this aggression –
claiming neutrality in genocide
when that is not an option...
Truth does not allow that deception
over their lies, their propaganda...
 
Clarity has been obscured
within the fog of dependence
requiring too much courage
because of a silenced truth...
Complacency, self-interest
morphs to complicity
a curse of our sin...
 
We claim to support them
to do what is just
but standing on the back foot
no further than self-interest...
When they stand resolute...
When they have no choice...
 
-------------------
April 29, 2026
because of a silenced truth
 
April 26, 2026, post
https://www.facebook.com/kmathernova/posts/pfbid02T9NjQCXEmadCTn1QVjqigYp39z7DRgQL4cUWnjHnTh6urmc8LfWH9BJgPxZd3oH6l
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/katarinamathernova_forty-years-ago-at-end-april-i-walked-through-ugcPost-7454220202382344192-HkGa/
by Katarina Mathernova,
Ambassador of the European Union to Ukraine
on Soviet silence about the Chornobyl nuclear accident 40 years ago
Edited April 15, 2026
Our memory lives on, eternal - v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/our-memory-lives-on-eternal-v4.html
Edited April 8, 2026
Our memory lives on, eternal – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/our-memory-lives-on-eternal-v3.html
8 квітня 2026 р.
Наша пам'ять жива, вічна – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/v3.html
Edited April 6, 2026
Our memory lives on, eternal – v2
6 квітня 2026 р.
Наша пам'ять жива, вічна – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/v2.html
Edited April 6, 2026
Our memory lives on, eternal – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/our-memory-lives-on-eternal-v2.html
6 квітня 2026 р.
Наша пам'ять жива, вічна
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/blog-post_6.html
1-ша річниця різанини в Кривий Ріг та стільки постів від близьких
захисників та інших жертв в Україні.
6 квітня 2026 р.
Жива пам'ять
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/04/blog-post.html
1-year anniversary of the massacre in Kryvyi Rih, and so many posts by loved ones
of defenders and other victims in Ukraine.
Edited March 31, 2026
Будеш вільна, Україно
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/blog-post_31.html
Edited March 31, 2026
You will be free, Ukraine!
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/you-will-be-free-ukraine_31.html
Edited March 29, 2026
Honor – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/honor-v3.html
Edited March 29, 2026
Честь – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/v3.html
March 24, 2026
Душа Поета
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/blog-post_24.html
March 24, 2026
The soul of the poet
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-soul-of-poet.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, 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, God, prayer, war, terror, genocide, Russia, peace, victory, Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian, freedom, independence, history, glory, pain, serfdom, muse, prison,
 
#poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #Taras #Shevchenko #muse #Ukrainian #glory #serfdom #prison #freedom #independence #history