the second stabbed with savage blow – v3

so much blood, pain,
the cost to mankind,
a family of hate, of dread,
held within the ancient walls,
their hearts, their souls a crypt…
 
two of a kind, a pair,
savages of truth, destruction,
a dynasty of terror, torture,
for poor Ukraina, my love,
our history of suffering…
 
one who crucified, who destroyed,
who cut us to the quick,
the second his spawn,
his angry echo, a copy,
who stabbed with savage blow…
 
the tremor of their savagery,
an echo in this time, of evil,
the brutality of our masters,
hiding within these gilded walls,
their awful monstrous deeds…
 
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Edited November 25, 2024
the second stabbed with savage blow – v3
 
after poem, “the second stabbed with savage blow”,
based on the poem, “The Dream”,
by Taras Shevchenko
&
Edited October 31, 2024
I fly after her unceasing – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/i-fly-after-her-unceasing-v2.html
after poem, “I fly after her unceasing”,
based on the poem, “The Dream”,
by Taras Shevchenko
&
Edited October 31, 2024
I boldly walked within – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/i-boldly-walked-within-v2.html
after poem, “I boldly walked within”,
based on the poem, “The Dream”,
by Taras Shevchenko
&
Edited October 31, 2024
Again, I fly above the earth – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/again-i-fly-above-earth-v2.html
after poem, “Again I fly above the earth”,
based on the poem, “The Dream”,
by Taras Shevchenko
&
Edited October 30, 2024
a spectral being – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/a-spectral-being-v2.html
after poem, “a spectral being”,
based on the poems, “The Dream”,
St. John 14:17, God’s wrath on Russia…
by Taras Shevchenko
 
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