There is a plague of ambivalence,
we do not speak boldly, urgently,
crying out against this injustice,
we side with their crimes, complicit,
with our silence, our fears of escalation,
we don’t speak with power, authority,
to stop the terror, their murder,
speaking boldly, righteously,
against Russia’s war of terror,
their awful endless genocide…
Today, in the crucible of war,
In Russia’s war of terror, genocide,
in the urgency of this moment,
there is no place for neutrality,
in the face of abject evil, injustice,
evil, war crimes committed,
crimes against humanity
each day, awful repeating,
targeting the innocent, children,
seeking to erase Ukraine from the earth…
We must change our vocabulary,
bold, righteous in our condemnation,
we must not be timid in the face of terror,
we must speak truth of the magnitude,
that they are murderers, murdering children,
that they have no souls, no conscience,
that everything they say is a lie, a curse,
a blight on the face of the earth, genocide,
crimes against humanity their essence,
A nation of empty, Dead Souls….
we do not speak boldly, urgently,
crying out against this injustice,
we side with their crimes, complicit,
with our silence, our fears of escalation,
we don’t speak with power, authority,
to stop the terror, their murder,
speaking boldly, righteously,
against Russia’s war of terror,
their awful endless genocide…
In Russia’s war of terror, genocide,
in the urgency of this moment,
there is no place for neutrality,
in the face of abject evil, injustice,
evil, war crimes committed,
crimes against humanity
each day, awful repeating,
targeting the innocent, children,
seeking to erase Ukraine from the earth…
bold, righteous in our condemnation,
we must not be timid in the face of terror,
we must speak truth of the magnitude,
that they are murderers, murdering children,
that they have no souls, no conscience,
that everything they say is a lie, a curse,
a blight on the face of the earth, genocide,
crimes against humanity their essence,
A nation of empty, Dead Souls….
Edited April 7, 2025
We don’t speak with power – v3
April 5, 2025
Our words are inadequate
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/our-words-are-inadequate.html
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
#poetry #Ukraine #God #Kharkiv #Kyiv #KryvyiRih #Odesa #Kherson #Russia #murder #genocide #terror #premeditated #war
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