We choose not to die – v2 #poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #freedom #independence #Ukraine #NATO #UnitedNations #UN #UNGA #SlavaUkraini #HeroyamSlava #Zelenskyy #Oleshky #Holodomor

 
Words of resolve, of unity,
their leader speaking
on the world stage;
We choose not to die,
to surrender to terror...
 
We fight for our freedom,
our right to exist...
We will not submit
to subjugation –
We will stand and fight...
 
We will fight Moskal’s army
with resolve and innovation
We know the cost of submission
the pain of oppression...
 
We will stand for Ukraine
in the breach together,
We will fight for our homeland
for Ukraine forever...
 
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Edited September 26, 2026
We choose not to die – v2
 
Speech of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
before the United Nations General Assembly
https://gadebate.un.org/en/81/ukraine
September 24, 2026
We choose not to die
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/09/we-choose-not-to-die.html
September 20, 2026
They will rise
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/09/they-will-rise.html
after Twelve Years of War
Edited September 19, 2026
Each night he flies – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/09/each-night-he-flies-v3.html
Taras Shevchenko, from his grave in Kaniv, Ukraine, above the Dnipro
December 27, 2024
Russia must be defeated
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/.../russia-must-be...
December 27, 2024
Hybrid War
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/hybrid-war.html
Edited December 24, 2024
There is only one Enemy, Russia – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/there-is-one-enemy-russia-v3.html
Edited December 4, 2024
There is but one fight – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/there-is-but-one-fight-v2.html
Edited December 3, 2024
They fight the very same Evil – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/they-fight-very-same-evil-v2.html
Edited November 11, 2024
Attrition – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/11/attrition-v3.html
Edited and posted October 17, 2024
In this moment of madness – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/in-this-moment-of-madness-v2_27.html
 
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Words of resolve, of unity,
their leader speaking
on the world stage;
We choose not to die,
to surrender to terror...
 
We fight for our freedom,
our right to exist...
We will not submit
to subjugation –
We will stand and fight...
 
--------
September 24, 2026
We choose not to die
 
Speech of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
before the United Nations General Assembly
https://gadebate.un.org/en/81/ukraine
September 20, 2026
They will rise
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/09/they-will-rise.html
after Twelve Years of War
Edited September 19, 2026
Each night he flies – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2026/09/each-night-he-flies-v3.html
Taras Shevchenko, from his grave in Kaniv, Ukraine, above the Dnipro
December 27, 2024
Russia must be defeated
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/.../russia-must-be...
December 27, 2024
Hybrid War
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/hybrid-war.html
Edited December 24, 2024
There is only one Enemy, Russia – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/there-is-one-enemy-russia-v3.html
Edited December 4, 2024
There is but one fight – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/there-is-but-one-fight-v2.html
Edited December 3, 2024
They fight the very same Evil – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/12/they-fight-very-same-evil-v2.html
Edited November 11, 2024
Attrition – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/11/attrition-v3.html
Edited and posted October 17, 2024
In this moment of madness – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/in-this-moment-of-madness-v2_27.html
 
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Note: September 24, 2026 10:14pm

There were a series of comments on my Facebook post of the hand-written original version of this poem that it was actually written by President Zelenskyy.

I performed a Google search of the following:

This was the response:

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The provided text heavily mirrors the real theme and specific key phrasing of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s address to the United Nations General Assembly on September 23, 2026.

While your text is structured as a poem or rhythmic interpretation rather than a word-for-word transcript, it accurately captures his exact core message. Here is how the lines stack up against his actual speech:

"We choose not to die": This is an exact quote. Zelenskyy prominently stated, "But Ukrainians did not choose this war. We choose not to die, not to lose our country, our families, not to lose our independence, our freedom, and we are defending ourselves."
"To surrender to terror... We fight for our freedom... We will not submit to subjugation": These capture the exact sentiment of his speech. In his address, he defended Ukraine's wartime actions, noted that Ukraine has no choice but to protect itself, and labeled Vladimir Putin as "Patient Zero" for spreading aggression, warning that the world will become unsafe if Russia is allowed to subjugate Ukraine.

Summary: Your text is a highly accurate thematic representation that incorporates Zelenskyy's literal, defining soundbite ("We choose not to die") from his 2026 UNGA speech."

#Crying for #Crimea, for #Ukraine – v5 #poetry #Russia #murder #genocide #terror #warcrimes #CrimesAgainstHumanity #justice #NeverForget #NeverForgive #UN #UN80 #UNCharterDay #tribunal #CrimeanTatarFlagDay #CrimeanTatar #Ukraine #Crimea #CrimeaIsUkraine #StandWithUkraine

Crying for Crimea, for Ukraine,
ancient peoples, Tatars,
for the pain of conquest, genocide,
ripping apart, terror, deported,
stitching together, broken,
movement of hostile forces, devastation,
Invasion of a sovereign state…
 
Geopolitics, pawns in the middle,
of arrogance and raw power, evil,
bare-knuckle brute strength
invasion and a longing for empire, lust,...
Weak, quiet diplomacy, appeasement, red lines,
all of it failing, in the crucible of history
under abject aggression, a terrorist state…
 
Crying for Crimea, for Ukraine,
for the Tatar people in the middle,
for unmet promises, for apathy,
for failure to resolve, neglecting,
allowing slaughter, massacre, genocide,...
Letting their nation be destroyed in false neutrality,
while we have the means to help…
 
-------------
Edited June 25, 2026
Crying for Crimea, for Ukraine – v4
 
I was so proud to be asked to hold the #Crimean #Tatar flag at a rally in my city on May 31, 2025.
My first poem in support of Ukraine was "crying for Crimea", on April 11, 2014.
Edited November 19, 2023
Crying for Crimea, for Ukraine – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/11/crying-for-crimea-for-ukraine-v2_19.html
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/11/crying-for-crimea-for-ukraine-v2.html
Edited September 3, 2023
Crying for Crimea, for Ukraine
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/09/crying-for-crimea-for-ukraine.html
April 11, 2014
crying for Crimea
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/04/crying-for-crimea.html
Edited February 25, 2023
In the crucible of terror – v6
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/02/in-crucible-of-terror-v6.html
 
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Poetry Where You Live. 
 
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We recommit to this prayer, “Never Again!” – v2 #Poetry #Ukraine #US #NATO #UN #terror #genocide #Russia #Auschwitz #Voronezh #concentrationcamp #crimesagainsthumanity #GenevaConvention #warcrimes #prisoners #DDay #Holocaust

There is a cancer within the body, never dormant,
a tumor growing, spreading, and metastasized,
in the nations, humanity…
The legitimacy of the world order, the UN,
The illusion of peace, the rule of law is a joke…
 
On a solemn day of remembrance, D-Day,
As the heroes are honored, their names are spoken,
We recommit to this prayer, “Never Again!” …
We ask for forgiveness from the dead, the dying,
the tortured, the ones we have left behind…
 
Now, in the heart of Europe, again, yet again,
We hear the same cries rise from the dying,
for the West to remember this prayer,
failing in its sacred promise, “Never Again!”
The terror has risen again…
 
Voronezh, a name that will be like Auschwitz,
every killing, every act of torture,
for horrors that are happening in that place…
Humanity is failing in its sacred promise
When we promised the dead, “Never Again!” …
 
Yes, “Never Again!”, we proclaim before others,
the rise of the rule of law, of a rule-based order,
But do we mean these words? Our inaction speaks louder,
because this cruelty, this malice, this terror,
is happening now, as it will surely happen again…
 
-----------
Edited December 2, 2025
We recommit to this prayer, “Never Again!” – v3
 
Twitter posts June 4, 2024 by Igor Sushko, along with other later
Images June 4, 2024 of the rotting flesh
on the legs of Ukrainian prisoners of war
at the Voronezh Concentration Camp…
after news of prisoner exchange on June 4, 2024.
https://x.com/igorsushko/status/1798165062458425527
https://x.com/igorsushko/status/1798136928724025448
Edited June 8, 2024
We recommit to this prayer, “Never Again!” – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/we-recommit-to-this-prayer-never-again_11.html
June 6, 2024
We recommit to this prayer, “Never Again!”
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/we-recommit-to-this-prayer-never-again.html
Edited June 6, 2024
Voronezh – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/voronezh-v4.html
 
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Crying for Crimea, for Ukraine – v4 #poetry #Russia #murder #genocide #terror #warcrimes #CrimesAgainstHumanity #justice #NeverForget #NeverForgive #UN #UN80 #UNCharterDay #tribunal #CrimeanTatarFlagDay #CrimeanTatar #Ukraine #Crimea #CrimeaIsUkraine #StandWithUkraine

Crying for Crimea, for Ukraine,
ancient peoples, Tatars,
for the pain of conquest, genocide,
ripping apart, terror, deported,
stitching together, broken,
movement of hostile forces, devastation,
Invasion of a sovereign state…
 
Geopolitics, pawns in the middle,
of arrogance and raw power, evil,
bare-knuckle brute strength
invasion and a longing for empire, lust,
Weak, quiet diplomacy, appeasement, red lines,
all of it failing, in the crucible of history
under abject aggression, a terrorist state…
 
Crying for Crimea, for Ukraine,
for the Tatar people in the middle,
for unmet promises, for apathy,
for failure to resolve, neglecting,
allowing slaughter, massacre, genocide,
Letting their nation be destroyed in false neutrality,
while we have the means to help…
 
-------------
Edited December 2, 2025
Crying for Crimea, for Ukraine – v4
 
Edited June 26, 2025
Crying for Crimea, for Ukraine – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/crying-for-crimea-for-ukraine-v3.html
I was so proud to be asked to hold the #Crimean #Tatar flag at a rally in my city on May 31, 2025. My first poem in support of Ukraine was "crying for Crimea", on April 11, 2014.
 Edited November 19, 2023
Crying for Crimea, for Ukraine – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/11/crying-for-crimea-for-ukraine-v2_19.html
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/11/crying-for-crimea-for-ukraine-v2.html
Edited September 3, 2023
Crying for Crimea, for Ukraine
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/09/crying-for-crimea-for-ukraine.html
April 11, 2014
crying for Crimea
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2014/04/crying-for-crimea.html
Edited February 25, 2023
In the crucible of terror – v6
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/02/in-crucible-of-terror-v6.html
 
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Too close to the border – v6 #poetry #Ukraine #Kharkiv #Kyiv

Too close to the border, to terror,
to the repeating onslaught, daily,
caged by restrictions, rules,
bright lines they always cross…
Not allowed to strike the archers,
to thwart their genocide…
 
Too close to the border, to terror,
for warning, defensive actions,
missiles, drones coming,
shattering the stillness…
Trapped in safe places,
while their bombs fall…
 
Too close to the border, to terror,
a great city, a vulnerable population,
their continuing fight, their struggle,
forgotten in the fleeting news cycle...
We say we stand with them,
but the bombs continue to fall…
 
Too close to the border, to terror,
a forgotten easy target, repeating,
their only defense is to fight,
to strike the bases, the archers…
Too little time for self-defense,
to catch their incoming arrows…
 
----------  
Edited December 1, 2025
Too close to the border – v6
 
Edited January 11, 2025
Too close to the border – v5
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/01/too-close-to-border-v5.html
Edited November 29, 2024
Too close to the border – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/11/too-close-to-border-v4.html
Edited September 1, 2024
Too close to the border – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/too-close-to-border-v3.html
After more daily attacks in Kharkiv
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
Edited August 1, 2024
Resolve personified – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/08/resolve-personified-v3.html
Edited July 20, 2024
A just peace must rise – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/07/a-just-peace-must-rise-v3.html
June 29, 2024
X post by Dmytro Kuleba, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
https://x.com/DmytroKuleba/status/1806999435559289050
at @DubrovnikForum in Croatia
Edited June 29, 2024
Listen to the cries of these people – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/listen-to-cries-of-these-people-v2.html
Edited June 28, 2024
May the carnage end – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/06/may-carnage-end-v2.html
 
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A Charter, a Promise – v2

A hope written, a Charter,
a promise in these words,
of mettle, of justice,
of peace for humanity…
 
They gathered to sign,
a hope of humanity.
But the words Never Again,
are here again, right now…
 
Justice must come, Tribunals
must be empaneled against Russia
to give power to these words
inked 80 years ago…
 
Only in justice for every victim,
each war crime they have committed,
every crime against humanity
avenged somehow…
 
The rule of law, the center,
must be reinforced, shored up,
only in judgment on the aggressors
will their victims rest…
 
----------
Edited June 26, 2025
A Charter, a Promise – v2
 
80^th Anniversary of the signing of the United Nations Charter
Ukraine and Council of Europe signing documents for War Crimes Tribunal
and Crimean Tatar Flag Day
Edited June 8, 2025
asymmetric warfare – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/asymmetric-warfare-v2.html
Edited June 8, 2025
premeditated murder – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/06/premeditated-murder-v2.html
Edited May 20, 2025
Justice is Mine – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/05/justice-is-mine-v2.html
Edited May 19, 2025
They must each be avenged – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/05/they-must-each-be-avenged-v3.html
Edited April 14, 2025
Screaming into the Void – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/screaming-into-void-v3.html
April 30, 2025
Never Forget, Never Forgive
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/never-forget-never-forgive.html
April 30, 2025
War Crimes
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/04/war-crimes.html
 
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