open wounds bleeding – v2

scar tissue torn wide open,
present day, not history, alive,
open wounds, bleeding,
the dead crying from their soil…
 
blood of the innocent crying,
shouting for life, for justice,
those who commit such evil,
must be placed in the dock…
 
oh, defenders have courage,
you fight on the side of Right,
allies rise, stand beside them,
there is no time to waste…
 
open wounds, bleeding,
cities bombed again and again,
the evil of human safaris, massacres,
oh God, when will this evil end…
 
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Edited February 6, 2025
open wounds bleeding – v2
 
Edited February 6, 2025
Unwavering Support – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/02/unwavering-support-v2.html
Edited February 5, 2025
scars that never heal – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/02/scars-that-never-heal-v2.html
February 4, 2025
three years crying into the void
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/02/three-years-crying-into-void_4.html
Edited December 12, 2024
The blood of the dead in Bucha – v6
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/the-blood-of-dead-in-bucha-v6.html  
Edited November 19, 2023
Crying for Crimea, for Ukraine – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/11/crying-for-crimea-for-ukraine-v2_19.html
Edited March 31, 2024
Ukraine must Win – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/ukraine-must-win-v2.html  
March 19, 2024
Statement by US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin
https://www.defense.gov/News/Speeches/Speech/Article/3710899/opening-remarks-by-secretary-of-defense-lloyd-j-austin-iii-at-the-20th-ukraine/
at Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting in Germany
“The United States will not let Ukraine fail.
This coalition will not let Ukraine fail, and
the free world will not let Ukraine fail,”
 
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