We must face the fact of our immorality, our
failure,
our complacency, our complicity, we are so timid,
drawing red lines not to cross, fearing escalation,
not acting when Russia is ready to maim, to murder…
Standing back when we should stand with them,
failing the moral test of this age, this moment,
knowing all too well our one common enemy,
his unrelenting terror, wanton abandon,
a willingness to destroy everything
to expand his empire, his kingdom,
prepared to kill innocent children
in relentless acts of genocide…
Tomorrow will be the same story, a different block,
another high-rise apartment building targeted,
Innocent children murdered in their beds
while our leaders wring their hands, meeting,
saying this is awful, regrettable, unconscionable…
“Willing” but not “Doing”, not “Acting”,
never stopping their aggression, this terror,
daily genocide committed by Russia, endlessly,
no massive involvement or shared responsibility,
to end the violence, this evil, this madness…
The cost of our silence is measured in children’s lives…
Attacks written into the flesh of our hearts, our memory,
on Okhmatdyt, on Kryvyi Rih, on the Mariupol theatre,
human safaris in Kherson, a drone targeting a one-year-old,
But much earlier in Aleppo, in Georgia, in Chechnya…
We knew long before the full-scale invasion, Putin,
the enemy we are facing, the Dead Souls of Russia,
their indifference, their inhumanity, soulless people
for centuries willing to follow the lust of the madman,
the dictator in the Kremlin, longing for empire…
Allowing this to continue, unchecked,
Year after year, Day after awful day….
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Edited August 30, 2025
the cost of our silence is measured in children’s lives – v2
July 8, 2024 – Attack on Okhmatdyt National Children’s Specialized Hospital, Kyiv
April 4, 2025 – Shelling of the playground in Kryvyi Rih
July 10, 2025 - Human safari FPV drone targeting a one-year-old in Kherson
Edited August 28, 2025
Дети – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/v4.html
Edited August 21, 2025
Putin walked on a carpet of blood – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/putin-walked-on-carpet-of-blood-v2.html
Edited July 12, 2025
Unrelenting Terror – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/07/unrelenting-terror-v2.html
Edited April 14, 2025
Screaming into the Void – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/screaming-into-void-v3.html
Revised April 11, 2025
Kryvyi Rih – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/kryvyi-rih-v2-kryvyi-rih-not-just.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
typed October 15, 2024
The stain of innocent blood – v5
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/the-stain-of-innocent-blood-v5.html
poetry, Ukraine, Russia, Putin, murder, terror, genocide, children,
#poetry #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #murder #terror #genocide #children
our complacency, our complicity, we are so timid,
drawing red lines not to cross, fearing escalation,
not acting when Russia is ready to maim, to murder…
Standing back when we should stand with them,
failing the moral test of this age, this moment,
knowing all too well our one common enemy,
his unrelenting terror, wanton abandon,
a willingness to destroy everything
to expand his empire, his kingdom,
prepared to kill innocent children
in relentless acts of genocide…
Tomorrow will be the same story, a different block,
another high-rise apartment building targeted,
Innocent children murdered in their beds
while our leaders wring their hands, meeting,
saying this is awful, regrettable, unconscionable…
“Willing” but not “Doing”, not “Acting”,
never stopping their aggression, this terror,
daily genocide committed by Russia, endlessly,
no massive involvement or shared responsibility,
to end the violence, this evil, this madness…
The cost of our silence is measured in children’s lives…
Attacks written into the flesh of our hearts, our memory,
on Okhmatdyt, on Kryvyi Rih, on the Mariupol theatre,
human safaris in Kherson, a drone targeting a one-year-old,
But much earlier in Aleppo, in Georgia, in Chechnya…
We knew long before the full-scale invasion, Putin,
the enemy we are facing, the Dead Souls of Russia,
their indifference, their inhumanity, soulless people
for centuries willing to follow the lust of the madman,
the dictator in the Kremlin, longing for empire…
Allowing this to continue, unchecked,
Year after year, Day after awful day….
Edited August 30, 2025
the cost of our silence is measured in children’s lives – v2
July 8, 2024 – Attack on Okhmatdyt National Children’s Specialized Hospital, Kyiv
April 4, 2025 – Shelling of the playground in Kryvyi Rih
July 10, 2025 - Human safari FPV drone targeting a one-year-old in Kherson
Edited August 28, 2025
Дети – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/v4.html
Edited August 21, 2025
Putin walked on a carpet of blood – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/08/putin-walked-on-carpet-of-blood-v2.html
Edited July 12, 2025
Unrelenting Terror – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/07/unrelenting-terror-v2.html
Edited April 14, 2025
Screaming into the Void – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/screaming-into-void-v3.html
Revised April 11, 2025
Kryvyi Rih – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/kryvyi-rih-v2-kryvyi-rih-not-just.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
typed October 15, 2024
The stain of innocent blood – v5
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/the-stain-of-innocent-blood-v5.html
poetry, Ukraine, Russia, Putin, murder, terror, genocide, children,
#poetry #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #murder #terror #genocide #children
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