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He became mute,
traumatized, and terrorized,
tortured,
bloodied, and beaten…
unable to
speak, become a specter, a shell,
hiding
deep within, protecting who he is…
But there
has been a warming in his spirit,
reborn, beginning
to speak, to struggle, to ask…
Asking THE
important questions, truly,
the
essential question, the challenge, to this world,
to
leaders, for all mankind, the question to humanity…
“How can
people be so cruel to each other?” he cries,
A freed prisoner
begs us, “Why so much pain?”
He begs,
“Why are there so many lies?”
in this
moment of chaos, of hate, of war,
encircling
this world, stalking the globe…
How could
this happen, again, again,
aggression,
conquest, torture, genocide,
When the
world pledged, “Never Again!”,
after the
Holocaust, 80 years ago…
This
essential question, a struggle for our time,
for
meaning, reconciliation, for peace to ascend,
out of the
ashes of war, terror, genocide,
encircling
this planet, too many to count,
martyrs
and enemies, so much innocent blood…
Children
in the crosshairs, old lives cut down,
lives lost
to tragedy, a reign of terror falling,
“How can
people be so cruel to each other?” …
How can we
change that somehow?...
What is
the path forward, out of these dark times?
How can we
tear down the walls between us,
a
different path, a more just future, for all of us…
Where have
we gone so wrong, humanity we have lost,
the pain,
the trauma, a legacy heavy upon us…
So many
lives are cut down, lives frozen in time,
distracted
from our paths, our hopes, our dreams…
The lament
of this son who pleads with us,
to find a
way out of madness, to live in peace…
----------------
Edited June
25, 2026
“How can
people be so cruel to each other?” – v7
September
26, 2024
How can
people be so cruel to each other
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/how-can-people-be-so-cruel-to-each-other.html
September
26, 2024
Twitter
post by Anton Gerashchenko
https://x.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1839272173401211031
“"Why so much pain? Why so many lies? Why are people so
cruel to each other?" - the first words of 22-year-old marine Yurii
Hulchuk, who lost his speech and the ability to experience emotions due to
torture in Russian captivity.
His mother was told by Warriors who had returned from
captivity earlier that her son stopped speaking back in June of 2022. Yurii
returned to Ukraine on September 14, 2024. His condition shocked everyone who
saw him. But despite the doctors' disappointing prognosis, Yurii started to
speak.”
September 26, 2024
Twitter post by Anton Gerashchenko
https://x.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1839264945206120804
September
26, 2024
Twitter
post by Olexander Scherba
https://x.com/olex_scherba/status/1839234252744913297
“Ukrainian
PoW who lost his ability to speak - he started talking!”
https://x.com/i/status/1839234252744913297
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are
copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006,
2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019,
2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. All rights are reserved. Contact
me at Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for
usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.
poetry,
Ukraine, God, prayer, war, tragedy, terror, genocide, Russia, peace, humanity,
love, innocent blood, cruelty, anger, hate, war crimes, crimes against
humanity, United Nations, Yurii Hulchuk,
#poetry
#Ukraine #God #prayer #war #tragedy #terror #genocide #Russia #valor #martyrs
#heroes #peace #humanity #love #innocentblood #cruelty #anger #hate #warcrimes
#crimesagainsthumanity #UnitedNations #YuriiHulchuk #WeStandWithUkraine
He became mute,
traumatized, and terrorized,
tortured,
bloodied, and beaten…
unable to
speak, become a specter, a shell,
hiding
deep within, protecting who he is…
But there
has been a warming in his spirit,
reborn, beginning
to speak, to struggle, to ask…
Asking THE
important questions, truly,
the
essential question, the challenge, to this world,
to
leaders, for all mankind, the question to humanity…
“How can
people be so cruel to each other?” he cries,
A freed prisoner
begs us, “Why so much pain?”
He begs,
“Why are there so many lies?”
in this
moment of chaos, of hate, of war,
encircling
this world, stalking the globe…
How could
this happen, again, again,
aggression,
conquest, torture, genocide,
When the
world pledged, “Never Again!”,
after the
Holocaust, 80 years ago…
This
essential question, a struggle for our time,
for
meaning, reconciliation, for peace to ascend,
out of the
ashes of war, terror, genocide,
encircling
this planet, too many to count,
martyrs
and enemies, so much innocent blood…
Children
in the crosshairs, old lives cut down,
lives lost
to tragedy, a reign of terror falling,
“How can
people be so cruel to each other?” …
How can we
change that somehow?...
What is
the path forward, out of these dark times?
How can we
tear down the walls between us,
a
different path, a more just future, for all of us…
Where have
we gone so wrong, humanity we have lost,
the pain,
the trauma, a legacy heavy upon us…
So many
lives are cut down, lives freezing in time,
distracted
from our paths, our hopes, our dreams…
The lament
of this son who pleads with us,
to find a
way out of madness, to live in peace…
----------------
Edited December
2, 2025
“How can
people be so cruel to each other?” – v6
Edited
November 30, 2024
How can
people be so cruel to each other – v5
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/11/how-can-people-be-so-cruel-to-each.html
Edited
September 27, 2024
How
can people be so cruel to each other – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/how-can-people-be-so-cruel-to-each_27.html
Edited
September 26, 2024
How can
people be so cruel to each other – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/how-can-people-be-so-cruel-to-each_26.html
Edited
September 26, 2024
How can
people be so cruel to each other – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/how-can-people-be-so-cruel-to-each.html
September
26, 2024
How can
people be so cruel to each other
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/how-can-people-be-so-cruel-to-each-other.html
September
26, 2024
Twitter
post by Anton Gerashchenko
https://x.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1839272173401211031
“"Why so much pain? Why so many lies? Why are people so
cruel to each other?" - the first words of 22-year-old marine Yurii
Hulchuk, who lost his speech and the ability to experience emotions due to
torture in Russian captivity.
His mother was told by Warriors who had returned from
captivity earlier that her son stopped speaking back in June of 2022. Yurii
returned to Ukraine on September 14, 2024. His condition shocked everyone who
saw him. But despite the doctors' disappointing prognosis, Yurii started to
speak.”
September 26, 2024
Twitter post by Anton Gerashchenko
https://x.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1839264945206120804
September
26, 2024
Twitter
post by Olexander Scherba
https://x.com/olex_scherba/status/1839234252744913297
“Ukrainian
PoW who lost his ability to speak - he started talking!”
https://x.com/i/status/1839234252744913297
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are
copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006,
2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019,
2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. All rights are reserved. Contact me at
Ray Foss (raymondafoss@gmail.com) for
usage. See my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com
Poetry Where You Live.
poetry,
Ukraine, God, prayer, war, tragedy, terror, genocide, Russia, peace, humanity,
love, innocent blood, cruelty, anger, hate, war crimes, crimes against
humanity, United Nations, Yurii Hulchuk,
#poetry
#Ukraine #God #prayer #war #tragedy #terror #genocide #Russia #valor #martyrs
#heroes #peace #humanity #love #innocentblood #cruelty #anger #hate #warcrimes
#crimesagainsthumanity #UnitedNations #YuriiHulchuk #WeStandWithUkraine
He became mute,
traumatized, terrorized,
tortured,
bloodied, and beaten,
unable to
speak, become a specter, a shell,
hiding deep
inside, protecting who he is,
but there
has been a warming in his spirit,
reborn, beginning
to speak, to struggle, to ask…
Asking THE
important questions,
the
essential question, the challenge,
to this
world, to leaders, for all mankind, of humanity…
“How can
people be so cruel to each other?”, he cries,
a prisoner
begs us, “Why so much pain?”,
he asks,
“Why are there so many lies?”,
in this
moment of chaos, of hate, of war,
encircling
this world, stalking the globe…
How could
this happen, again, again,
aggression,
conquest, torture, genocide,
when the
world pledged, “Never Again!”,
after the
Holocaust, almost 80 years ago…
The
essential question, struggle for our time,
for
meaning, reconciliation, for peace to ascend,
out of the
ashes of war, terror, of genocide,
encircling
this planet, too many to count,
martyrs
and enemies, innocent blood…
Children
in the crosshairs, old lives cut down,
lives lost
to tragedy, a reign of terror falling down,
“How can
people be so cruel to each other?”,
how can we
change that somehow?...
What is
the path forward, out of dark times,
how can we
tear down the walls between us,
a
different path, a more just future, for all of us,
where have
we gone so wrong, humanity we have lost,
the pain,
the trauma, a legacy heavy upon us…
So many
lives cut down, lives frozen in time,
distracted
from our paths, hopes, our dreams,
the lament
of this son who pleads with us,
to find a
way out of madness, to live in peace…
----------------
Edited November
30, 2024
How can
people be so cruel to each other – v5
Edited
September 27, 2024
How
can people be so cruel to each other – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/how-can-people-be-so-cruel-to-each_27.html
Edited
September 26, 2024
How can
people be so cruel to each other – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/how-can-people-be-so-cruel-to-each_26.html
Edited
September 26, 2024
How can
people be so cruel to each other – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/how-can-people-be-so-cruel-to-each.html
September
26, 2024
How can
people be so cruel to each other
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/how-can-people-be-so-cruel-to-each-other.html
September
26, 2024
Twitter
post by Anton Gerashchenko
https://x.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1839272173401211031
“"Why so much pain? Why so many lies? Why are people so
cruel to each other?" - the first words of 22-year-old marine Yurii
Hulchuk, who lost his speech and the ability to experience emotions due to
torture in Russian captivity.
His mother was told by Warriors who had returned from
captivity earlier that her son stopped speaking back in June of 2022. Yurii
returned to Ukraine on September 14, 2024. His condition shocked everyone who
saw him. But despite the doctors' disappointing prognosis, Yurii started to
speak.”
September 26, 2024
Twitter post by Anton Gerashchenko
https://x.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1839264945206120804
September
26, 2024
Twitter
post by Olexander Scherba
https://x.com/olex_scherba/status/1839234252744913297
“Ukrainian
PoW who lost his ability to speak - he started talking!”
https://x.com/i/status/1839234252744913297
&
Edited
September 25, 2024
the
threat much closer – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/the-threat-much-closer-v4.html
September
10, 2024
The
stain of innocent blood – v5
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/the-stain-of-innocent-blood-v5.html
Edited
September 25, 2024
History
will curse him – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/history-will-curse-him-v2.html
Edited
September 25, 2024
He is
an Anti-Christ, a Satan – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/he-is-anti-christ-satan-v2.html
Edited
September 25, 2024
His
arrogance, his ego – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/his-arrogance-his-ego-v2.html
Edited
September 25, 2024
the
soul of a monster
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/the-soul-of-monster.html
Edited
September 23, 2024
Human
life is all that matters – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/human-life-is-all-that-matters-v3.html
Edited
September 22, 2024
Each
human life is important – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/each-human-life-is-important-v2.html
Refuting
the clear message of Putin’s war of aggression that,
“Human
life is unimportant”
And
the quote of Vladimir Kara-Murza in the decision to release
Russian
murderer so that those held unjustly would be free,
That
each human life is important…
And my
poem, “Human life is all that matters – v2”
Edited
September 23, 2024
A lost
war of aggression – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/a-lost-war-of-aggression-v2.html
September 22, 2024
Article by Carole Cadwalladr in The Guardian -
“Putin regime will collapse without warning,
says freed gulag dissident”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/22/putin-regime-will-collapse-without-warning-says-freed-gulag-dissident
September 20, 2024
Article by Tom Watling in The Independent -
“The downfall of Putin is inevitable, says
freed dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza”
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/vladimir-kara-murza-putin-russia-strategy-ukraine-b2615884.html
September 21, 2024
BBC Newscast - Interview: Vladimir Kara-Murza
On Life In A Russian Prison
Laura Kuenssberg - full interview with
Vladimir Kara-Murza and his wife Evgenia
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0js0cx1?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are
copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006,
2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019,
2020, 202 2022, 2023, and 2024. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss
(raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
---------------
poetry,
Ukraine, God, prayer, war, tragedy, terror, genocide, Russia, peace, humanity,
love, innocent blood, cruelty, anger, hate, war crimes, crimes against
humanity, United Nations, Yurii Hulchuk,
#poetry
#Ukraine #God #prayer #war #tragedy #terror #genocide #Russia #valor #martyrs
#heroes #peace #humanity #love #innocentblood #cruelty #anger #hate #warcrimes
#crimesagainsthumanity #UnitedNations #YuriiHulchuk #WeStandWithUkraine
He became mute,
he was traumatized, terrorized,
tortured,
blooded, and beaten,
unable to
speak, become a specter, a shell,
hiding
himself deep inside, protecting who he is,
but there
has been a warming in his spirit,
reborn, beginning
to speak, to struggle, to ask…
Asking THE
important questions,
the
essential question, the challenge,
to this
world, to leaders, for all mankind, of humanity…
“How can
people be so cruel to each other?”, he cries,
a prisoner
begs us, “Why so much pain?”,
he asks
humanity, “Why are there so many lies?”,
in this
moment of chaos, of hate, of war,
encircling
this world, stalking the globe…
How could
this happen, again, again,
aggression,
conquest, torture, genocide,
when the
world pledged, “Never Again!”,
after the
Holocaust, almost 80 years ago…
The
essential question, the struggle for our time,
for
meaning, reconciliation, for peace to rise, to ascend,
out of the
ashes of war, terror, of genocide,
encircling
our world, this planet, too many to count,
martyrs
and enemies, innocent blood…
Children
in the crosshairs, old lives cut down,
lives lost
to tragedy, to a reign of terror falling down,
“How can
people be so cruel to each other?”,
how can we
change that somehow?...
What can be
the path forward, out of these dark times,
how can we
tear down the walls between us,
to find a different
path, a more just future, for all of us,
where have
we gone so wrong, what humanity have we lost,
the pain,
the trauma, a legacy heavy upon us…
So many
lives cut down, lives frozen in time, deflected,
distracted
from our paths, our hopes, our dreams,
the lament
of this son who spoke, who pleads with us,
to find a
way out of the madness, to live in peace…
----------------
Edited September
27, 2024
How can
people be so cruel to each other – v4
Edited
September 26, 2024
How can
people be so cruel to each other – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/how-can-people-be-so-cruel-to-each_26.html
Edited
September 26, 2024
How can
people be so cruel to each other – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/how-can-people-be-so-cruel-to-each.html
September
26, 2024
How can
people be so cruel to each other
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/how-can-people-be-so-cruel-to-each-other.html
September
26, 2024
Twitter
post by Anton Gerashchenko
https://x.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1839272173401211031
“"Why so much pain? Why so many lies? Why are people so
cruel to each other?" - the first words of 22-year-old marine Yurii
Hulchuk, who lost his speech and the ability to experience emotions due to
torture in Russian captivity.
His mother was told by Warriors who had returned from
captivity earlier that her son stopped speaking back in June of 2022. Yurii
returned to Ukraine on September 14, 2024. His condition shocked everyone who
saw him. But despite the doctors' disappointing prognosis, Yurii started to
speak.”
September 26, 2024
Twitter post by Anton Gerashchenko
https://x.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1839264945206120804
September
26, 2024
Twitter
post by Olexander Scherba
https://x.com/olex_scherba/status/1839234252744913297
“Ukrainian
PoW who lost his ability to speak - he started talking!”
https://x.com/i/status/1839234252744913297
&
Edited
September 25, 2024
the
threat much closer – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/the-threat-much-closer-v4.html
September
10, 2024
The
stain of innocent blood – v5
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/the-stain-of-innocent-blood-v5.html
Edited
September 25, 2024
History
will curse him – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/history-will-curse-him-v2.html
Edited
September 25, 2024
He is
an Anti-Christ, a Satan – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/he-is-anti-christ-satan-v2.html
Edited
September 25, 2024
His
arrogance, his ego – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/his-arrogance-his-ego-v2.html
Edited
September 25, 2024
the
soul of a monster
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/the-soul-of-monster.html
Edited
September 23, 2024
Human
life is all that matters – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/human-life-is-all-that-matters-v3.html
Edited
September 22, 2024
Each
human life is important – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/each-human-life-is-important-v2.html
Refuting
the clear message of Putin’s war of aggression that,
“Human
life is unimportant”
And
the quote of Vladimir Kara-Murza in the decision to release
Russian
murderer so that those held unjustly would be free,
That
each human life is important…
And my
poem, “Human life is all that matters – v2”
Edited
September 23, 2024
A lost
war of aggression – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/a-lost-war-of-aggression-v2.html
September 22, 2024
Article by Carole Cadwalladr in The Guardian -
“Putin regime will collapse without warning,
says freed gulag dissident”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/22/putin-regime-will-collapse-without-warning-says-freed-gulag-dissident
September 20, 2024
Article by Tom Watling in The Independent -
“The downfall of Putin is inevitable, says
freed dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza”
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/vladimir-kara-murza-putin-russia-strategy-ukraine-b2615884.html
September 21, 2024
BBC Newscast - Interview: Vladimir Kara-Murza
On Life In A Russian Prison
Laura Kuenssberg - full interview with
Vladimir Kara-Murza and his wife Evgenia
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0js0cx1?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are
copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006,
2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019,
2020, 202 2022, 2023, and 2024. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss
(raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
---------------
poetry,
Ukraine, God, prayer, war, tragedy, terror, genocide, Russia, peace, humanity,
love, innocent blood, cruelty, anger, hate, war crimes, crimes against
humanity, United Nations, Yurii Hulchuk,
#poetry
#Ukraine #God #prayer #war #tragedy #terror #genocide #Russia #valor #martyrs
#heroes #peace #humanity #love #innocentblood #cruelty #anger #hate #warcrimes
#crimesagainsthumanity #UnitedNations #YuriiHulchuk #WeStandWithUkraine
He became mute,
he was traumatized, terrorized,
tortured,
blooded, and beaten,
unable to
speak, become a specter, a shell,
but there
has been a warming in his spirit,
reborn, beginning
to speak, to struggle, to ask…
Asking THE
important question,
the
essential question, the challenge,
to this
world, to leaders, for all mankind, humanity…
“How can
people be so cruel to each other?”, he cries,
a prisoner
begs, “Why so much pain?”, he asks humanity,
in this
moment of chaos, of hate, of war,
encircling
this world, stalking the globe…
How could
this happen, again, again,
aggression,
conquest, torture, genocide,
when the
world pledged, “Never Again!”,
after the
Holocaust, almost 80 years ago…
The
essential question, the struggle for our time,
for
meaning, reconciliation, for peace to rise, to ascend,
out of the
ashes of war, terror, of genocide,
encircling
our world, this planet, too many to count,
martyrs
and enemies, innocent blood…
Children
in the crosshairs, old lives cut down,
“How can
people be so cruel to each other?”,
how can we
change that somehow?...
----------------
Edited September
26, 2024
How can
people be so cruel to each other – v3
Edited
September 26, 2024
How can
people be so cruel to each other – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/how-can-people-be-so-cruel-to-each.html
September
26, 2024
How can
people be so cruel to each other
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/how-can-people-be-so-cruel-to-each-other.html
September
26, 2024
Twitter
post by Anton Gerashchenko
https://x.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1839272173401211031
“"Why so much pain? Why so many lies? Why are people so
cruel to each other?" - the first words of 22-year-old marine Yurii
Hulchuk, who lost his speech and the ability to experience emotions due to
torture in Russian captivity.
His mother was told by Warriors who had returned from
captivity earlier that her son stopped speaking back in June of 2022. Yurii
returned to Ukraine on September 14, 2024. His condition shocked everyone who
saw him. But despite the doctors' disappointing prognosis, Yurii started to
speak.”
September 26, 2024
Twitter post by Anton Gerashchenko
https://x.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1839264945206120804
September
26, 2024
Twitter
post by Olexander Scherba
https://x.com/olex_scherba/status/1839234252744913297
“Ukrainian
PoW who lost his ability to speak - he started talking!”
https://x.com/i/status/1839234252744913297
&
Edited
September 25, 2024
the
threat much closer – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/the-threat-much-closer-v4.html
September
10, 2024
The
stain of innocent blood – v5
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/the-stain-of-innocent-blood-v5.html
Edited
September 25, 2024
History
will curse him – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/history-will-curse-him-v2.html
Edited
September 25, 2024
He is
an Anti-Christ, a Satan – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/he-is-anti-christ-satan-v2.html
Edited
September 25, 2024
His
arrogance, his ego – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/his-arrogance-his-ego-v2.html
Edited
September 25, 2024
the
soul of a monster
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/the-soul-of-monster.html
Edited
September 23, 2024
Human
life is all that matters – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/human-life-is-all-that-matters-v3.html
Edited
September 22, 2024
Each
human life is important – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/each-human-life-is-important-v2.html
Refuting
the clear message of Putin’s war of aggression that,
“Human
life is unimportant”
And
the quote of Vladimir Kara-Murza in the decision to release
Russian
murderer so that those held unjustly would be free,
That
each human life is important…
And my
poem, “Human life is all that matters – v2”
Edited
September 23, 2024
A lost
war of aggression – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/a-lost-war-of-aggression-v2.html
September 22, 2024
Article by Carole Cadwalladr in The Guardian -
“Putin regime will collapse without warning,
says freed gulag dissident”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/22/putin-regime-will-collapse-without-warning-says-freed-gulag-dissident
September 20, 2024
Article by Tom Watling in The Independent -
“The downfall of Putin is inevitable, says
freed dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza”
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/vladimir-kara-murza-putin-russia-strategy-ukraine-b2615884.html
September 21, 2024
BBC Newscast - Interview: Vladimir Kara-Murza
On Life In A Russian Prison
Laura Kuenssberg - full interview with
Vladimir Kara-Murza and his wife Evgenia
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0js0cx1?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are
copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006,
2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019,
2020, 202 2022, 2023, and 2024. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss
(raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
---------------
poetry,
Ukraine, God, prayer, war, tragedy, terror, genocide, Russia, peace, humanity,
love, innocent blood, cruelty, anger, hate, war crimes, crimes against
humanity, United Nations, Yurii Hulchuk,
#poetry
#Ukraine #God #prayer #war #tragedy #terror #genocide #Russia #valor #martyrs
#heroes #peace #humanity #love #innocentblood #cruelty #anger #hate #warcrimes
#crimesagainsthumanity #UnitedNations #YuriiHulchuk #WeStandWithUkraine
Mute,
traumatized, terrorized,
tortured,
blooded, and beaten,
unable to
speak, become a specter,
but warming
in his spirit,
reborn, beginning
to speak…
Asking THE
important question,
the
essential question, the challenge,
to the
world, for all mankind, humanity…
“How can
people be so cruel to each other?”, he cries,
a prisoner
begs, “Why so much pain?”, he asks humanity,
in this
moment of chaos, of hate, of war,
encircling
this world, the globe…
How could
this happen, again, again,
aggression,
conquest, torture, genocide,
when the
world said, “Never Again!”,
after the Holocaust,
almost 80 years ago…
The essential
question, the struggle for our time,
for meaning,
reconciliation, for peace to rise up,
out of the
ashes of war, terror, genocide,
encircling
our world, this planet, too many to count,
martyrs
and enemies, innocent blood…
children
in the crosshairs, lives cut down,
“How can
people be so cruel to each other?”,
how can we
change that somehow?...
----------------
Edited September
26, 2024
How can
people be so cruel to each other – v2
September
26, 2024
Twitter
post by Anton Gerashchenko
https://x.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1839272173401211031
“"Why so much pain? Why so many lies? Why are people so
cruel to each other?" - the first words of 22-year-old marine Yurii
Hulchuk, who lost his speech and the ability to experience emotions due to
torture in Russian captivity.
His mother was told by Warriors who had returned from
captivity earlier that her son stopped speaking back in June of 2022. Yurii
returned to Ukraine on September 14, 2024. His condition shocked everyone who
saw him. But despite the doctors' disappointing prognosis, Yurii started to
speak.”
September 26, 2024
Twitter post by Anton Gerashchenko
https://x.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1839264945206120804
September
26, 2024
Twitter
post by Olexander Scherba
https://x.com/olex_scherba/status/1839234252744913297
“Ukrainian
PoW who lost his ability to speak - he started talking!”
https://x.com/i/status/1839234252744913297
&
Edited
September 25, 2024
the
threat much closer – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/the-threat-much-closer-v4.html
September
10, 2024
The
stain of innocent blood – v5
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/the-stain-of-innocent-blood-v5.html
Edited
September 25, 2024
History
will curse him – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/history-will-curse-him-v2.html
Edited
September 25, 2024
He is
an Anti-Christ, a Satan – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/he-is-anti-christ-satan-v2.html
Edited
September 25, 2024
His
arrogance, his ego – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/his-arrogance-his-ego-v2.html
Edited
September 25, 2024
the
soul of a monster
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/the-soul-of-monster.html
Edited
September 23, 2024
Human
life is all that matters – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/human-life-is-all-that-matters-v3.html
Edited
September 22, 2024
Each
human life is important – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/each-human-life-is-important-v2.html
Refuting
the clear message of Putin’s war of aggression that,
“Human
life is unimportant”
And
the quote of Vladimir Kara-Murza in the decision to release
Russian
murderer so that those held unjustly would be free,
That
each human life is important…
And my
poem, “Human life is all that matters – v2”
Edited
September 23, 2024
A lost
war of aggression – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/09/a-lost-war-of-aggression-v2.html
September 22, 2024
Article by Carole Cadwalladr in The Guardian -
“Putin regime will collapse without warning,
says freed gulag dissident”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/22/putin-regime-will-collapse-without-warning-says-freed-gulag-dissident
September 20, 2024
Article by Tom Watling in The Independent -
“The downfall of Putin is inevitable, says
freed dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza”
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/vladimir-kara-murza-putin-russia-strategy-ukraine-b2615884.html
September 21, 2024
BBC Newscast - Interview: Vladimir Kara-Murza
On Life In A Russian Prison
Laura Kuenssberg - full interview with
Vladimir Kara-Murza and his wife Evgenia
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0js0cx1?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile
All of my poems, photographs, and videos are
copyrighted by Raymond A. Foss, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006,
2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019,
2020, 202 2022, 2023, and 2024. All rights are reserved. Contact me at Ray Foss
(raymondafoss@gmail.com) for usage. See all 53,000+ of my poems at www.raymondafoss.blogspot.com Poetry Where You Live.
---------------
poetry,
Ukraine, God, prayer, war, tragedy, terror, genocide, Russia, peace, humanity,
love, innocent blood, cruelty, anger, hate, war crimes, crimes against humanity,
United Nations, Yurii Hulchuk,
#poetry
#Ukraine #God #prayer #war #tragedy #terror #genocide #Russia #valor #martyrs #heroes
#peace #humanity #love #innocentblood #cruelty #anger #hate #warcrimes #crimesagainsthumanity
#UnitedNations #YuriiHulchuk
