Saturday, April 05, 2025

Our words are inadequate Kryvyi Rih #murder #massacre #Russia #KryvyiRih #Ukraine

As if we are living in a coma,
separated from present reality,
the truth our eyes see, wanton terror,
words of clarity that spring to mind,
getting caught unspoken in our teeth…
 
Our words are inadequate, vapid,
to meet the urgency of the moment,
weasel words, flaccid words, unspoken,
wicked of their meaning, their power,
their ability to change history…
 
Unable to name evil, Russia,
to speak aloud their true nature,
saying they Kill the innocent, when
the word Murder would be far better,
purposeful, premeditated genocide…
 
Nothing innocent, indiscriminate,
a double-tap attack on first responders,
a nation of evil dead souls, vermin,
Orcs risen from the pit, the earth, darkly,
vomited from the bowels of hell…
 
We must speak ugly truth, all of it,
to defeat the power we give them,
to take back our humanity, morality,
to redeem these ancient people,
seeking to merely survive, to exist…
 
Our words are inadequate because
we are fearful, we lack courage, conviction,
we shrink from urgency, this moment,
we call lies merely falsehoods,
saying both sides sin in war…
 
By staying silent, timid, neutral,
we assist Cain in murdering Abel,
the black soil of that land crying out,
blood of nine beautiful innocent children,
murdered playing in their playground… 




 
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April 5, 2025
Our words are inadequate
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/our-words-are-inadequate.html
A Russian attack on a playground in Kryvyi Rih took the lives of nine children.
Edited January 11, 2025
Too close to the border – v5
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/too-close-to-border-v5.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
Edited August 20, 2024
Paralyzed by red-lines – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/paralyzed-by-red-lines-v2.html
About US policy limiting the use of US provided weapons
inside Russia by Ukraine’s military.
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  
 
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poetry, Ukraine, God, war, terror, genocide, Russia, murder, premediated, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Kryvyi Rih, Odesa, Kherson,
 
#poetry #Ukraine #God #Kharkiv #Kyiv #KryvyiRih #Odesa #Kherson #Russia #murder #genocide #terror #premeditated #war


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