Neutrality is a myth, a lie – v2

In the exigency of this moment,
in the crisis that they continue to face,
too many years lost in appeasement,
in walking on eggshells, on broken glass,
barefoot, watching their every step…
 
Neutrality is a myth, a lie,
every delay is real escalation,
emboldening the terror, their evil,
existential threats grow greater,
with every moment, each breath…
 
Cries of the innocents,
this nation, their people,
require bold action, resolve,
to meet this present moment
to stand in the gap, the breach…
 
The world order failing, weak,
Impotent against their evil, war,
while terror and genocide are rampant,
too long have they stood alone, resolute,
while the world waits for their true courage…

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Edited September 7, 2024
Neutrality is a myth, a lie – v2
 
August 19, 2024
Neutrality is a myth
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/neutrality-is-myth.html
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
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/resolve-personified.html
&
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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poetry, Ukraine, God, prayer, war, terror, genocide, Russia, peace, victory, UN, NATO, USA, Germany,
 
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We want peace in our struggles – v2

We want peace in our struggles,
we want calm in our trials, our storms,
Your hand of protection upon us,
for You are our Creator, our God,
You are our Savior, our Lord…
 
We long to hear Your whisper,
to feel Your Spirit as close as breath,
to witness, to follow Your calling for us,
the path You have written for in the Book,
Your way that leads to everlasting life…
 
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Edited September 7, 2024
We want peace in our struggles – v2
 
Edited August 18, 2024
On the cusp of epiphany – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/on-cusp-of-epiphany-v2.html
Edited/ Merged August 18, 2024
An inner sense of calm – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/an-inner-sense-of-calm-v4.html  
Edited August 18, 2024
Pulling Your words from the ether – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/pulling-your-words-from-ether-v2.html
August 17, 2024
God’s prayer longing to be heard
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/gods-prayer-longing-to-be-heard.html
Edited August 17, 2024
Grasping clouds from the ether – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/grasping-clouds-from-ether-v2.html
&
Edited August 16, 2024
Are we seeing angels – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/are-we-seeing-angels-v2.html
Edited August 16, 2024
do we see angels in the whisper of clouds – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/do-we-see-angels-in-whisper-of-clouds-v2.html
July 10, 2024
do we see angels in the whisper of clouds
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/do-we-see-angels-in-whisper-of-clouds.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 54,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
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God’s prayer longing to be heard – v2

God is with us, within us, beside us,
calling to us, if we will but listen,
if we will still ourselves in the storms,
if we will but seek to grasp the intangible,
God’s clear message waiting to be heard,
to be understood, within our spirits, our hearts…
 
God’s prayer for us, His protection, His promise,
waiting for us to see, to feel within our hearts,
His gifts, God’s blessings, rich in abundance, offering,
our place, our calling, our purpose, our path,
within the kingdom of God, His mission,
to redeem us, to save the whole world…
 
God’s prayer over us, within us,
abiding, richly, going before us, shining,
a light to our path, our feet, urging,
wooing, calling us into purpose, our way,
to a life walking beside Him, indwelling,
our own lives a witness to God’s saving grace…
 
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Edited September 7, 2024
God’s prayer longing to be heard – v2
 
Edited August 17, 2024
Grasping clouds from the ether – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/grasping-clouds-from-ether-v2.html
Edited August 18, 2024
On the cusp of epiphany – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/on-cusp-of-epiphany-v2.html
Edited/ Merged August 18, 2024
An inner sense of calm – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/an-inner-sense-of-calm-v4.html
August 17, 2024
Pulling Your words from the ether
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/pulling-your-words-from-ether.html
&
Edited August 16, 2024
Are we seeing angels – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/are-we-seeing-angels-v2.html
Edited August 16, 2024
do we see angels in the whisper of clouds – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/do-we-see-angels-in-whisper-of-clouds-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, 202 2022, 2023, and 2024. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 54,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
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“The Lord is my Shepherd” – v2

“The Lord is my Shepherd”,
words of comfort, of life,
protection in our living,
and a hope for the life to come…
 
“The Lord is my Shepherd”,
the Good Shepherd, love,
life in its fullness now,
and in heaven above…
 
“The Lord is my Shepherd”,
a truth and a promise, hope,
guiding us in this world,
and guiding us home…
 
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August 15, 2024
“The Lord is my Shepherd”
 
Based on #Psalm23
Based on #John10:1-18
&
September 7, 2024
our calling, our purpose, our ministry, our witness
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/our-calling-our-purpose-our-ministry.html
Edited September 6, 2024
Committed to the work – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/committed-to-work-v2.html
Based on #Acts2:41-47
August 15, 2024
Their number increased
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/their-number-increased.html
Edited August 14, 2024
The first community of believers – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/the-first-community-of-believers-v2.html
August 14, 2024
The first community of believers
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/the-first-community-of-believers.html
&
Edited/new name August 13, 2024
We share the same message
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/we-share-same-message.html
Based on #Romans 1:13-17
Based on #1John1:1-10
Based on #John1:1-14
August 13, 2024
We share the message
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/we-share-message.html
Merged August 12, 2024
I preach the Gospel – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/i-preach-gospel-v2.html
August 12, 2024
In the gospel of the righteous
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/in-gospel-of-righteous.html
&
Edited August 12, 2024
We have walked with the living Christ – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/we-have-walked-with-living-christ-v2.html
Edited August 11, 2024
We walk with the risen Christ – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/we-walk-with-risen-christ-v2.html
August 9, 2024
We have seen Him with our own eyes
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/we-have-seen-him-with-our-own-eyes.html
Edited August 9, 2024
Christ is the Word Alive – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/christ-is-word-alive-v2.html
Edited August 8, 2024
The embodiment of Love – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/the-embodiment-of-love-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, 202 2022, 2023, and 2024. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com ) for usage. See all 55,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com  Poetry Where You Live.
 
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our calling, our purpose, our ministry, our witness

our calling, our purpose,
our ministry, our witness,
living out our lives
in lower-case letter…
 
not something big or dramatic
no Divine appointment,
open to God’s presence,
His calling in the world …
 
sharing our witness,
our belief, our faith,
offering comfort,
to those hurting, in pain…
 
not something big or dramatic,
but authentic, compassion,
loving our neighbors,
as God loves all of us…
 
sharing our witness,
these too are Divine appointments,
opportunities to minister,
in our daily lives…
 
nothing big or dramatic,
but that may be an understatement,
our journey, our witness,
may be the balm for another,
their spirit, their soul…
 
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September 7, 2024

our calling, our purpose, our ministry, our witness

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/our-calling-our-purpose-our-ministry.html

Based, in part, on #Jeremiah29:11-13

Edited September 6, 2024

Committed to the work – v2

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/committed-to-work-v2.html

Based on #Acts2:41-47

Edited September 4, 2024
Our perspective – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/our-perspective-v3.html
Edited September 1, 2024
We will rejoice together – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/we-will-rejoice-together-v2.html
Based on #Romans15:8-13
Edited September 1, 2024
I will sing the praises of your name – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/i-will-sing-praises-of-your-name-v2.html
&
Edited August 27, 2024
God speaks in the clouds – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/god-speaks-in-clouds-v3.html
Based on #Psalm19:1
“The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.”
Edited August 27, 2024
The heavens shout – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/the-heavens-shout-v2.html
&
Edited August 24, 2024
God speaks in the clouds – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/god-speaks-in-clouds-v2_24.html
Edited August 6, 2024
God speaks in clouds – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/god-speaks-in-clouds-v2.html
&
Edited August 6, 2024
Nature calls us – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/nature-calls-us-v2.html
What is in your cup – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/what-is-in-your-cup-v2.html  
After poem based on 7/19/2024
Post on FB by Betty Nurbaety
&
July 22, 2024
I pray you have found beauty
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/i-pray-you-have-found-beauty.html
July 21, 2024, posts:
 
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 54,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
 
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poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, faith, love, grace, 1 John 4, prayer, abundance, joy, gratitude, perspective, attitude, mindset, vibration,
 
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Committed to the work – v2

Their only focus, Jesus,
to a life together in Christ,
holding everything in common,
sharing His message, His life…
 
Committed to the work,
sharing the Gospel, Christ,
bound together in worship,
faithful in their walk…
 
Their only focus, Jesus,
to save other souls,
offering light, salvation,
to a fallen world…
 
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Edited September 6, 2024
Committed to the work – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/committed-to-work-v2.html
Based on #Acts2:41-47
Edited September 6, 2024
Their number increased – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/their-number-increased-v2.html
Edited August 14, 2024
The first community of believers – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/the-first-community-of-believers-v2.html
&
Edited/new name August 13, 2024
We share the same message
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/we-share-same-message.html
Based on #Romans 1:13-17
Based on #1John1:1-10
Based on #John1:1-14
August 13, 2024
We share the message
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/we-share-message.html
Merged August 12, 2024
I preach the Gospel – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/i-preach-gospel-v2.html
August 12, 2024
In the gospel of the righteous
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/in-gospel-of-righteous.html
&
Edited August 12, 2024
We have walked with the living Christ – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/we-have-walked-with-living-christ-v2.html
Edited August 11, 2024
We walk with the risen Christ – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/we-walk-with-risen-christ-v2.html
August 9, 2024
We have seen Him with our own eyes
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/we-have-seen-him-with-our-own-eyes.html
Edited August 9, 2024
Christ is the Word Alive – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/christ-is-word-alive-v2.html
Edited August 8, 2024
The embodiment of Love – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/the-embodiment-of-love-v2.html 
August 8, 2024
We saw life
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/we-saw-life.html
&
Edited August 8, 2024
How hard – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/how-hard-v2.html
Based on #Mark10:23-27
&
August 8, 2024
Raise me from the pit
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/raise-me-from-pit.html
Based on #Luke4:18-21
Based on #Isaiah61:1-4
 
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 55,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com  Poetry Where You Live.
 
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Their number increased – v2

Joyful transformation,
awakening into promise,
lives changed forever,
becoming followers of Christ…
 
Their number increased,
hearing the Gospel message,
lives were transformed,
becoming as one…
 
Sharing their lives, together,
one people, one body,
one hope in Christ Jesus,
the Perfecter of our faith…
 
Their number increased,
sharing the Good News,
one purpose, one calling,
imprinted on our hearts…
 
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Edited September 6, 2024
Their number increased – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/their-number-increased-v2.html
Based on #Acts2:41-47
Edited August 14, 2024
The first community of believers – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/the-first-community-of-believers-v2.html
&
Edited/new name August 13, 2024
We share the same message
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/we-share-same-message.html
Based on #Romans 1:13-17
Based on #1John1:1-10
Based on #John1:1-14
August 13, 2024
We share the message
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/we-share-message.html
Merged August 12, 2024
I preach the Gospel – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/i-preach-gospel-v2.html
&
Edited August 12, 2024
We have walked with the living Christ – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/we-have-walked-with-living-christ-v2.html
Edited August 11, 2024
We walk with the risen Christ – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/we-walk-with-risen-christ-v2.html
August 9, 2024
We have seen Him with our own eyes
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/we-have-seen-him-with-our-own-eyes.html
Edited August 9, 2024
Christ is the Word Alive – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/christ-is-word-alive-v2.html
August 8, 2024
Christ is the Word Alive
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/christ-is-word-alive.html
Edited August 8, 2024
The embodiment of Love – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/the-embodiment-of-love-v2.html 
August 8, 2024
We saw life
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/we-saw-life.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 55,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com  Poetry Where You Live.
 
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God has blessed me, richly – v2

God has blessed me, richly,
He has put you into my life,
hope to hold onto, joy,
on my journey, on my path…
 
Nothing is an accident,
I don’t believe in coincidence,
everything is for a purpose,
guided by the hand of God…
 
I cannot foresee the future,
that is not part of my talents,
but I am holding onto this moment,
this hope, my prayer, this infinite gift…
 
God has blessed me, richly,
beyond my imagination, life,
joy in the fullness of time,
light upon my walk…
 
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Edited September 6, 2024
God has blessed me, richly – v2
 
August 13, 2024
God has blessed me, richly
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/god-has-blessed-me-richly.html
August 6, 2024
I feel your support
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/i-feel-your-support.html
Edited July 30, 2024
Words a prayer, a promise – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/words-prayer-promise-v2.html
Edited July 30, 2024
It is joy to share a message – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/it-is-joy-to-share-message-v2.html
Edited July 30, 2024
If I can bring light – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/if-i-can-bring-light-v2.html
July 30, 2024
I have been gifted light
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/i-have-been-gifted-light.html
July 30, 2024
I share these words
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/i-share-these-words.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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We share the same message – v2

We share the same message,
our one hope in Christ Jesus,
we stand in the gap, the breach,
sharing the real Good News…
 
We are alive in this time,
for this moment, this present,
to share this message, this hope,
a light to save the whole world…
 
We are given this calling,
our purpose from heaven,
to open the eyes of the blind,
offering hope to those in need…
 
We are the messengers,
a light to the nations,
we are the ones called,
to share God’s infinite love…
 
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Edited September 6, 2024
We share the same message – v2
 
Based on #Romans 1:13-17
Based on #1John1:1-10
Based on #John1:1-14
Edited/new name August 13, 2024
We share the same messsage
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/we-share-same-message.html
Edited September 5, 2024
We share the message – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/we-share-message-v2.html  
Merged August 12, 2024
I preach the Gospel – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/i-preach-gospel-v2.html
August 12, 2024
I preach the Gospel
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/i-preach-gospel.html
&
Edited August 12, 2024
We have walked with the living Christ – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/we-have-walked-with-living-christ-v2.html
Edited August 11, 2024
We walk with the risen Christ – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/we-walk-with-risen-christ-v2.html
August 9, 2024
We have seen Him with our own eyes
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/we-have-seen-him-with-our-own-eyes.html
Edited August 9, 2024
Christ is the Word Alive – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/christ-is-word-alive-v2.html
Edited August 8, 2024
The embodiment of Love – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/the-embodiment-of-love-v2.html 
August 8, 2024
We saw life
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/we-saw-life.html
 
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poetry, God, Christ, Spirit, faith, love, grace, 1 John 1, Jesus, Messiah, Savior, Word, Logos, Light, Life, Romans 1,
 
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Flying from every flagpole – v2

So much lost, so much sacrificed,

blood filled streets and trenches,
but prayers buried with them,
in the soil of this land they love…
 
Flying from every flagpole,
a vast sea of blue and yellow,
a nation rising from ashes of struggle,
striving to meet the dawn…
 
Light shining down upon them,
a new birth, in victory, in triumph,
rising from their black soil,
a nation healed, restored…
 
Flying from every flagpole,
a nation lifted in prayer,
strength their unity, rising,
into the light of a new day…
 
This is our humble prayer…

 

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Edited September 6, 2024
Flying from every flagpole – v2

September 6, 2024
Trampled, beaten, yet unbowed
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/trampled-beaten-yet-unbowed.html
September 5, 2024
Flying from every flagpole
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/flying-from-every-flagpole.html
August 27, 2024
The Flag of their Independence
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/the-flag-of-their-independence.html
National Day of Remembrance – August 29, 2024
Ukraine Independence Day – August 24, 2024
Ukraine National Flag Day – August 23, 2024
&
August 23, 2024
Facebook post by Christina Kydrava:
https://www.facebook.com/kydrava1/posts/pfbid0cJ8NH19VAM1SsZKv1ythBzY3tnrNkFBHyqPTWmyRFF2BBdKPa3SskaE5Rd76fqbFl
“Today my blue and yellow flag is stained with the blood of the best sons and daughters of the Ukrainian nation, trampled by the dirty boots of the Russian soldier, covered in mud from explosion in the trenches, carefully folded and hidden from the occupiers in Ukrainian black soil.
Today my flag is the colour of blood and soil, today my flag is the flag of the STRUGGLE and resilience of the Ukrainian people. I want a peaceful yellow and blue to fly all over every Ukrainian home, and for now, we fight, and our STRENGTH is in UNITY.”
&
Edited August 30, 2024
The dead do not yet rest in peace – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/the-dead-do-not-yet-rest-in-peace-v2.html
National Day of Remembrance – August 29, 2024
Ukraine Independence Day – August 24, 2024
Ukraine National Flag Day – August 23, 2024
National Day of Remembrance
August 29, 2014
Edited August 28, 2024
The whisper of the dead – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/the-whisper-of-dead-v2.html
July 16, 2024
The Sound of Lviv Cemetery
https://x.com/United24media/status/1813323219954241935
X (formerly Twitter) post by United24 Media
edited August 27, 2024
The stain of innocent blood – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/the-stain-of-innocent-blood-v4.html 
Edited/new name August 27, 2024
Streets of their cities run red with blood
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/streets-of-their-cities-run-red-with.html
&
August 27, 2024
Freezing in the Darkness
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/freezing-in-darkness.html
Edited/new name August 27, 2024
Streets of their cities run red with blood
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/streets-of-their-cities-run-red-with.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
August 25, 2024
Too close to the border
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/too-close-to-border.html
Edited August 20, 2024
Paralyzed by red-lines – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/paralyzed-by-red-lines-v2.html
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
Edited August 1, 2024
Resolve personified – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/resolve-personified-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, 2021, 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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Trampled, beaten, yet unbowed

The cost of so many lives, innocents,
trampled, beaten, yet unbowed,
lost under the oppressors’ boots,
their missile fire, their terror,
a genocide so unnecessary,
their imperialist lust for power,
usurping their sovereignty…
 
Trampled, soiled, tarnished,
the noble flag of this brave people,
but unbowed, unbroken, resolute,
united in their struggle, their determination,
that the blue and yellow flag, of this land,
of their nation, their independence,
would rise from the ashes of war…
 
Stained with the blood of their children,
their brave sons and daughters,
trampled, in the mud, in the rubble,
hidden in the black soil, in their hearts,
rising like a phoenix, from the ashes,
resolve personified, strong in this battle,
never giving up, pressing onward,
their prayer, their hope in victory…

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September 6, 2024
Trampled, beaten, yet unbowed
 
September 5, 2024
Flying from every flagpole
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/flying-from-every-flagpole.html
August 27, 2024
The Flag of their Independence
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/the-flag-of-their-independence.html
National Day of Remembrance – August 29, 2024
Ukraine Independence Day – August 24, 2024
Ukraine National Flag Day – August 23, 2024
&
August 23, 2024
Facebook post by Christina Kydrava:
https://www.facebook.com/kydrava1/posts/pfbid0cJ8NH19VAM1SsZKv1ythBzY3tnrNkFBHyqPTWmyRFF2BBdKPa3SskaE5Rd76fqbFl
“Today my blue and yellow flag is stained with the blood of the best sons and daughters of the Ukrainian nation, trampled by the dirty boots of the Russian soldier, covered in mud from explosion in the trenches, carefully folded and hidden from the occupiers in Ukrainian black soil.
Today my flag is the colour of blood and soil, today my flag is the flag of the STRUGGLE and resilience of the Ukrainian people. I want a peaceful yellow and blue to fly all over every Ukrainian home, and for now, we fight, and our STRENGTH is in UNITY.”
&
Edited August 30, 2024
The dead do not yet rest in peace – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/the-dead-do-not-yet-rest-in-peace-v2.html
National Day of Remembrance – August 29, 2024
Ukraine Independence Day – August 24, 2024
Ukraine National Flag Day – August 23, 2024
National Day of Remembrance
August 29, 2014
Edited August 28, 2024
The whisper of the dead – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/the-whisper-of-dead-v2.html
July 16, 2024
The Sound of Lviv Cemetery
https://x.com/United24media/status/1813323219954241935
X (formerly Twitter) post by United24 Media
edited August 27, 2024
The stain of innocent blood – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/the-stain-of-innocent-blood-v4.html 
Edited/new name August 27, 2024
Streets of their cities run red with blood
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/streets-of-their-cities-run-red-with.html
&
August 27, 2024
Freezing in the Darkness
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/freezing-in-darkness.html
Edited/new name August 27, 2024
Streets of their cities run red with blood
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/streets-of-their-cities-run-red-with.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
August 25, 2024
Too close to the border
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/too-close-to-border.html
Edited August 20, 2024
Paralyzed by red-lines – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/paralyzed-by-red-lines-v2.html
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
Edited August 1, 2024
Resolve personified – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/resolve-personified-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, 2021, 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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#Poetry #Ukraine #victory #hope #courage #heroes #US #NATO #terror #genocide #selfdefense #winter #energy
 
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