Stretched Taut – v2

Held in constant tension
pulled to her limit, beyond…
stretched taut, frozen, pulled,
across the breach, the chasm,
no rest, no relenting, danger,
a constant, a reality, war,
holding on in sacrifice,
in duty to her country…
 
I can hear the tension,
a tremor in her spirit, human,
words she has spoken before,
when she was asked by others,
letting down her guard, being
brutally honest, transparent,
acknowledging how tired she is
stretched to her limit…
 
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Edited April 23, 2025
Stretched Taut – v2
 
Edited April 23, 2025
Remembering to Exhale – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/remembering-to-exhale-v2.html
April 23, 2025
Holding your breath
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/holding-your-breath.html
Based on a defender’s post on
her 32^nd birthday, 12 years in uniform,
since before the invasion of Crimea…
Edited April 21, 2025
She is Ukraina, Ukraine – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/she-is-ukraina-ukraine-v2.html
Edited April 20, 2025
200 on the rear panel – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/200-on-rear-panel-v2.html
Edited April 20, 2025
Eyes that have seen too much – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/eyes-that-have-seen-too-much-v3.html
April 18, 2025
The stain of their blood
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-stain-of-their-blood.html
April 10, 2025
We are one, my love
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/we-are-one-my-love.html
Edited April 4, 2025
sisters in arms – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/sisters-in-arms-v3.html
written after reading post by defender of Ukraine
about serving as a woman in the army,
for International Women’s Day, March 8, 2025
 
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