The dead cry out – v2

Words each of them raise up,
their nation crying out, whispering,
shouting, for freedom, for justice,
the dead cry out, through them,
untie their hands, allow them, give
permission, authority to crush evil,
to defend themselves, their native land…
 
Nothing more than what we would do, have done,
if our land was attacked, if we faced such terror,
the dead cry out, for us to hear them, to listen,
to let their people strike back against genocide,
sources of terror, to rise in defiance, to say no,
to imperial conquest, evil raining down upon them,
to stand in the breach for our own sake…
 
The dead cry out, “untie our hands”, let us be free,
let our people rise from the nightmare of terror,
let us bring freedom to the center of Europe,
help us to defend ourselves, to feed the nations,
to bring our children home from captivity,
hasten our victory, our triumph over evil,
that a just peace may rise, for all humanity…
 
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Edited August 19, 2024
The dead cry out – v2
 
August 3, 2024
The dead cry out
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/the-dead-cry-out.html
Edited August 1, 2024
Resolve personified – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/resolve-personified-v3.html
Edited July 22, 2024
Resolve personified – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/resolve-personified-v2.html
July 20, 2024
Resolve personified
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Edited July 20, 2024
A just peace must rise – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/a-just-peace-must-rise-v3.html
June 29, 2024
X post by Dmytro Kuleba, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
https://x.com/DmytroKuleba/status/1806999435559289050
at @DubrovnikForum in Croatia
Edited June 29, 2024
Listen to the cries of these people – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/listen-to-cries-of-these-people-v2.html
Edited June 28, 2024
May the carnage end – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/may-carnage-end-v2.html
 
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