If I ever stop telling you…

 
I want us to be happy,
to be connected together
to never make the same mistakes,
with you, my love…
 
If I ever stop telling you,
how important you are to me,
how much I love you,
every single day…
 
Stop me in my tracks,
confront me, for it is important,
for I long to cherish, to tell you
that I will love you forever…
 
Don’t let the moment slip,
if I become complacent,
if I speak a hard word,
even one word…
 
Speak your truth honestly,
because you are that important,
for I love you more,
than anything but God…
 
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Written and posted October 19, 2024
If I ever stop telling you…
Typed October 19, 2024
 
Edited and posted October 20, 2024
I imagine our lovemaking – v2
Typed October 20, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/i-imagine-our-lovemaking-v2_28.html
Edited and posted October 19, 2024
My body aches for you – v2
Typed October 19, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/my-body-aches-for-you-v2_27.html
Edited and posted October 17, 2024
Tell them that you love them – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/tell-them-that-you-love-them-v2_26.html
Edited and posted October 17, 2024
our hearts no longer separate – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/our-hearts-no-longer-separate-v2.html
&
Edited October 15, 2024
In my dream, darling
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/in-my-dream-darling_25.html
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/in-my-dream-darling_23.html
&
Written and posted October 1, 2024
In my dream
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/in-my-dream_23.html
&
Edited October 15, 2024
Standing before you – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/standing-before-you-v2_25.html
Written and posted September 30, 2024
Standing before you
Typed October 15, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/standing-before-you.html
The dress
&
Edited October 15, 2024
Capturing images – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/capturing-images-v2_25.html
&
Written and posted October 15, 2024
You are my lifeline
Typed October 18, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/you-are-my-lifeline_25.html
&
Written and posted October 12, 2024
Tell them that you love them
Typed October 17, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/tell-them-that-you-love-them_25.html
&
Edited and posted October 17, 2024
she is my goddess, my muse – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/she-is-my-goddess-my-muse-v2_25.html
&
Written and posted October 11, 2024
she is my goddess, my muse
typed on word October 17, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/she-is-my-goddess-my-muse.html
&
Written and posted October 11, 2024
our hearts no longer separate
typed on word October 17, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/our-hearts-no-longer-separate_25.html
&
Written and posted October 8, 2024
My body aches for you
Typed October 19, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/my-body-aches-for-you_24.html
&
Written and posted October 8, 2024
I imagine our lovemaking
Typed October 19, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/i-imagine-our-lovemaking.html
&
Written and posted October 4, 2024
You are my dream
typed on word October 15, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/you-are-my-dream_24.html
&
Written and posted October 3, 2024
as my world fell into darkness
typed on word October 15, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/as-my-world-fell-into-darkness_24.html  
about the night of October 2, 2024
&
Written and posted October 2, 2024
my black-haired maiden
typed October 15, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/my-black-haired-maiden_24.html
after poem, “my black-haired maiden”,
based on the poem, “Katerina”
by Taras Shevchenko
&
Edited October 15, 2024
In my dream, darling
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/in-my-dream-darling_23.html
Written and posted October 1, 2024
In my dream
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/in-my-dream_23.html
&
Written and posted September 30, 2024
Standing before you
Typed October 15, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/standing-before-you.html
The dress
&
Written and posted September 30, 2024
Capturing images
Typed October 15, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/capturing-images.html
&
Edited and posted September 29, 2024
Your Face – 2 – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/your-face-2-v3.html
Edited and posted September 29, 2024
Your Face – 2 – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/your-face-2-v2.html
Written and posted September 29, 2024
Your face - 2
Typed October 18, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/your-face-2.html
 
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, face, images, Ukraine, beauty, love, resolve, war, service, sacrifice, dress, model, wife, husband, Taras Shevchenko, love making, romance,
 
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I imagine our lovemaking – v2

Do you ever have waking dreams,
thinking about the future
I do, when I dream of you…
 
I was with you in our home,
dreaming about our kitchen,
dim after a candlelight dinner
fragrances of the cooking
still lingering, thick in the kitchen,
pans on the stove,,,
 
our goblets on the granite butcher block,
wine half-finished in our rush,
our dishes placed on the counter,
with tomorrow’s leftovers,
next to the deep farmer’s sink for later,
as we had gone to our bedroom
not to sleep but to make love…
 
I imagine our love making,
our bodies woven together,
moving together in rhythm,
feeling myself inside you,
my fingers touching you,
urging you to orgasm,
to a moment of release…
 
Your back arches, tighter, rising,
our lips, our tongues exploring,
the words, “harder, faster,”
bubble around your tongue,
moans of climax, of release, a cascade
of pleasure, as you collapse with me
sweating in ecstasy…
 
-------------
Edited and posted October 20, 2024
I imagine our lovemaking – v2
Typed October 20, 2024
 
Edited and posted October 19, 2024
My body aches for you – v2
Typed October 19, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/my-body-aches-for-you-v2_27.html
Edited and posted October 17, 2024
Tell them that you love them – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/tell-them-that-you-love-them-v2_26.html
Edited and posted October 17, 2024
our hearts no longer separate – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/our-hearts-no-longer-separate-v2.html
&
Edited October 15, 2024
In my dream, darling
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/in-my-dream-darling_25.html
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/in-my-dream-darling_23.html
&
Written and posted October 1, 2024
In my dream
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/in-my-dream_23.html
&
Edited October 15, 2024
Standing before you – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/standing-before-you-v2_25.html
Written and posted September 30, 2024
Standing before you
Typed October 15, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/standing-before-you.html
The dress
&
Edited October 15, 2024
Capturing images – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/capturing-images-v2_25.html
&
Written and posted October 15, 2024
You are my lifeline
Typed October 18, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/you-are-my-lifeline_25.html
&
Written and posted October 12, 2024
Tell them that you love them
Typed October 17, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/tell-them-that-you-love-them_25.html
&
Edited and posted October 17, 2024
she is my goddess, my muse – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/she-is-my-goddess-my-muse-v2_25.html
&
Written and posted October 11, 2024
she is my goddess, my muse
typed on word October 17, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/she-is-my-goddess-my-muse.html
&
Written and posted October 11, 2024
our hearts no longer separate
typed on word October 17, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/our-hearts-no-longer-separate_25.html
&
Written and posted October 8, 2024
My body aches for you
Typed October 19, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/my-body-aches-for-you_24.html
&
Written and posted October 8, 2024
I imagine our lovemaking
Typed October 19, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/i-imagine-our-lovemaking.html
&
Written and posted October 4, 2024
You are my dream
typed on word October 15, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/you-are-my-dream_24.html
&
Written and posted October 3, 2024
as my world fell into darkness
typed on word October 15, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/as-my-world-fell-into-darkness_24.html  
about the night of October 2, 2024
&
Written and posted October 2, 2024
my black-haired maiden
typed October 15, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/my-black-haired-maiden_24.html
after poem, “my black-haired maiden”,
based on the poem, “Katerina”
by Taras Shevchenko
&
Edited October 15, 2024
In my dream, darling
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/in-my-dream-darling_23.html
Written and posted October 1, 2024
In my dream
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/in-my-dream_23.html
&
Written and posted September 30, 2024
Standing before you
Typed October 15, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/standing-before-you.html
The dress
&
Written and posted September 30, 2024
Capturing images
Typed October 15, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/capturing-images.html
&
Edited and posted September 29, 2024
Your Face – 2 – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/your-face-2-v3.html
Edited and posted September 29, 2024
Your Face – 2 – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/your-face-2-v2.html
Written and posted September 29, 2024
Your face - 2
Typed October 18, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/your-face-2.html
 
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, face, images, Ukraine, beauty, love, resolve, war, service, sacrifice, dress, model, wife, husband, Taras Shevchenko, love making, romance,
 
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My body aches for you – v2

These are my authentic words,
from my heart, my soul,
from my spirit, deep within who I am,
all that I am, my essence,
as a person,  as a man…
 
When I say my body aches for you,
it is overwhelming sometimes,
I yearn for our bodies to be joined,
to make love with you,
to be inside of you, one with you,
to feel your heartbeat, your breath,
your warm skin against my skin,
your sweat on my body,
to share a life together,
to be beside you out in the world…
 
Every time I think of you, dream of you,
You are my heart’s desire,
I see you in my mind’s eye, you, only you
I see your two pictures as I open my phone,
Staying connected to you,
my body reacts physically and longs for you,
for you, for all of you, my love…
to love, honor, and cherish you…
Until death do us part…
 
-------------
Edited and posted October 19, 2024
My body aches for you – v2
Typed October 19, 2024
 
Edited and posted October 17, 2024
Tell them that you love them – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/tell-them-that-you-love-them-v2_26.html
Edited and posted October 17, 2024
our hearts no longer separate – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/our-hearts-no-longer-separate-v2.html
&
Edited October 15, 2024
In my dream, darling
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/in-my-dream-darling_25.html
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/in-my-dream-darling_23.html
&
Edited October 15, 2024
Standing before you – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/standing-before-you-v2_25.html
&
Edited October 15, 2024
Capturing images – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/capturing-images-v2_25.html
&
Written and posted October 15, 2024
You are my lifeline
Typed October 18, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/you-are-my-lifeline_25.html
&
Edited and posted October 17, 2024
she is my goddess, my muse – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/she-is-my-goddess-my-muse-v2_25.html
&
Written and posted October 11, 2024
our hearts no longer separate
typed on word October 17, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/our-hearts-no-longer-separate_25.html
&
Written and posted October 8, 2024
My body aches for you
Typed October 19, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/my-body-aches-for-you_24.html
&
Written and posted October 8, 2024
I imagine our lovemaking
Typed October 19, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/i-imagine-our-lovemaking.html
&
Written and posted October 4, 2024
You are my dream
typed on word October 15, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/you-are-my-dream_24.html
&
Written and posted October 3, 2024
as my world fell into darkness
typed on word October 15, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/as-my-world-fell-into-darkness_24.html  
about the night of October 2, 2024
&
Written and posted October 2, 2024
my black-haired maiden
typed October 15, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/my-black-haired-maiden_24.html
after poem, “my black-haired maiden”,
based on the poem, “Katerina”
by Taras Shevchenko
&
Edited October 15, 2024
In my dream, darling
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/in-my-dream-darling_23.html
&
Edited and posted September 29, 2024
Your Face – 2 – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/your-face-2-v3.html
 
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, face, images, Ukraine, beauty, love, resolve, war, service, sacrifice, dress, model, wife, husband, Taras Shevchenko, love making, romance,
 
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The Great Grave has been opened – v2

The rising of her children
Ukraina’s best sons and daughters,
answering the call of duty, of freedom,
their love for their homeland…
 
Shevchenko’s prayer has been answered,
The Great Grave has been opened,
the spirit of the Kozaks, the Hetman,
have descended from mountain slumber…
 
They fight beside you, for glory,
for the restoration with you,
for the freedom of your people.
the victory of your homeland, Ukraine…
 
The Great Grave finally opened,
ancient glory that we sing of,
Kobzars and the black-haired maidens,
sing their mighty songs…
 
High on the heights, the tombs,
Kozaks rise from their rest,
fighting with the heroes, the warriors,
until Ukraine’s victory is won…
 
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Edited October 19, 2024
The Great Grave has been opened – v2
Typed October 19, 2024
 
edited and posted October 18, 2024
The spell has been broken – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-spell-has-been-broken-v2_27.html
Written and posted October 17, 2024
The spell has been broken
typed October 18, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-spell-has-been-broken_26.html
after poem, “The spell has been broken”,
based on the poems, “The Great Grave”,
““To Marko Vovchok”,
about Maria Markovich,
and “Hosea, Chapter XIV”,
by Taras Shevchenko,
taking his poem into the Ukraine / Russia War
and the bravery of the people of Ukraine now
&
Edited and posted October 17, 2024
Channeling Taras – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/channeling-taras-v2_26.html
About Taras Shevchenko speaking to my spirit,
through his life and poetry
&
Edited October 17, 2024
peace in his spirit – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/peace-in-his-spirit-v2_26.html
after poem, “peace in his spirit”,
based on the poem, “To Marko Vovchok”,
by Taras Shevchenko,
about Maria Markovich,
written 1/24/1859
&
New/edited and posted October 16, 2024
The Great Grave has been opened
typed October 16, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-great-grave-has-been-opened.html
after poem, “The Great Grave has been opened”,
based on the poem, “The Great Grave”,
by Taras Shevchenko,
taking his poem into the Ukraine / Russia War
and the bravery of the people of Ukraine now
&
Written and posted September 29, 2024
A voice against injustice
typed October 15, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/a-voice-against-injustice.html
Poems about Ukraine and the book, The Poet of Ukraine,
about the life and poetry of the Bard of Ukraine, Taras Shevchenko,
which I read after Hurricane Helene,
from 9/29/2024 to 10/15/24
 
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, terror, genocide, Russia, peace, victory, Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian, freedom, independence, history, glory, pain, serfdom, muse, prison,
 
#poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #Taras #Shevchenko #muse #Ukrainian #glory #serfdom #prison #freedom #independence #history

The spell has been broken – v2

(The prophecy fulfilled)
 
The time of exile has been completed,
the judgement of God upon the people,
stuck between heaven and hell,
the prophecy fulfilled, completed,
lifting the curse over the people,
the spell has been broken
a light is now coming, rising,
the Great Grave is about to open…
 
Fidelity to their nation,
the Kozaks, Hetman, the Kobzars,
the memory of ancient glory,
to the cause of freedom, their songs,
the chains of the curse being lifted,
their eyes open, united together,
one chance for a future, a hope,
a return to their past glory…
 
High upon a mountain, a hilltop,
a tremor, above the mighty Dnipro,
the Bard stirs in his tomb, restless,
for His is The Great Grave,
the glory of Ukraine has been opened,
together with the Kobzars,
the black-haired maidens
all sing songs of their victories,
for their love of Ukraine…
 
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edited and posted October 18, 2024
The spell has been broken – v2
 
Written and posted October 17, 2024
The spell has been broken
typed October 18, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-spell-has-been-broken_26.html
after poem, “The spell has been broken”,
based on the poems, “The Great Grave”,
““To Marko Vovchok”,
about Maria Markovich,
and “Hosea, Chapter XIV”,
by Taras Shevchenko,
taking his poem into the Ukraine / Russia War
and the bravery of the people of Ukraine now
&
Edited and posted October 17, 2024
Channeling Taras – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/channeling-taras-v2_26.html
About Taras Shevchenko speaking to my spirit,
through his life and poetry
&
Edited October 17, 2024
peace in his spirit – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/peace-in-his-spirit-v2_26.html
after poem, “peace in his spirit”,
based on the poem, “To Marko Vovchok”,
by Taras Shevchenko,
about Maria Markovich,
written 1/24/1859
&
New/edited and posted October 16, 2024
The Great Grave has been opened
typed October 16, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-great-grave-has-been-opened.html
after poem, “The Great Grave has been opened”,
based on the poem, “The Great Grave”,
by Taras Shevchenko,
taking his poem into the Ukraine / Russia War
and the bravery of the people of Ukraine now
&
Written and posted September 29, 2024
A voice against injustice
typed October 15, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/a-voice-against-injustice.html
Poems about Ukraine and the book, The Poet of Ukraine,
about the life and poetry of the Bard of Ukraine, Taras Shevchenko,
which I read after Hurricane Helene,
from 9/29/2024 to 10/15/24
 
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, terror, genocide, Russia, peace, victory, Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian, freedom, independence, history, glory, pain, serfdom, muse, prison,
 
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In this moment of madness – v2

We must awake from our slumber,
an axis of evil is rising together
attacking freedom, this one country,
but sowing chaos, division, attacks,
undermining the world order,
hungry for more, unsatiable,
a lust for land, for power,
while the world sleeps…
 
In this moment of madness,
this time of the aggressor,
we cry for leadership, boldness,
for a greater resolve, for courage,
against their terror, their bluster,
seeing them for who they are,
a nuclear power, a paper tiger,
propped up by our appeasement…
 
We must shake off fear, complacency,
we must urgently seize this moment,
too long have they stood alone,
against the evil, the maelstrom,
the existential threat for survival,
a coalition of the brave needed,
to stop this tide of chaos,
to end the age of the tyrants;
This is our prayer, oh Lord….
 
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Edited and posted October 17, 2024
In this moment of madness – v2
 
Edited and posted October 17, 2024
A death sentence – 2 – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/a-death-sentence-2-v2_26.html
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/a-death-sentence-2-v2_25.html
Edited and posted October 17, 2024
The anguished words of the defenders
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-anguished-words-of-defenders-v2_26.html
Edited and posted October 17, 2024
Ten years under the gun – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/ten-years-under-gun-v2_26.html
Written and posted October 15, 2024
in this moment of madness
Typed October 18, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/in-this-moment-of-madness_25.html
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Written and posted October 12, 2024
In the crucible of war – 2 – v1
Typed October 17, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/in-crucible-of-war-2-v1_25.html
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Edited and posted October 17, 2024
A death sentence – 2 – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/a-death-sentence-2-v2_25.html
written and posted October 11, 2024
The anguished words of the defenders
typed October 17, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-anguished-words-of-defenders.html
written and posted October 11, 2024
Ten years under the gun
typed October 17, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/ten-years-under-gun_25.html
 
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poetry, Ukraine, God, prayer, war, terror, genocide, Russia, peace, victory, Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian, freedom, independence, history, glory, Mental Health Day, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris,
 
#poetry #Ukraine #God #prayer #war #terror #genocide #Russia #peace #victory #TarasShevchenko #Ukrainian #glory #freedom #independence #history #MentalHealthDay @JoeBiden @KamalaHarris

our bodies are not our own – v2

we are part of the body,
we are united with Christ,
we must remember our sin,
effects our bodies
and the body of Christ…
 
our bodies are not our own,
they are living temples,
the earthly home of the Spirit,
vessels we are given,
holding Jesus Christ…
 
we must remember, we must think,
we are part of the body, the church,
we are united with Christ,
our master, our teacher,
with the community of saints…
 
our bodies are not our own,
we must remember that truth,
they are living temples,
we are bound with each other,
with the risen Christ…
 
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Edited and posted October 18, 2024
our bodies are not our own – v2
 
Written and posted October 15, 2024
our bodies are not our own
Typed October 18, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/our-bodies-are-not-our-own_25.html
 
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poetry, God, prayer, Christ, Spirit, faith, confession, freedom, salvation, healing, restoration, fear, shame, pain, wounds,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #prayer #faith #confession #freedom #salvation #healing #restoration #fear #shame #pain #wounds

be brutally honest – v2

be brutally honest,
be open, authentic,
take risks, speak your truth,
for there to be healing,
at the rugged cross…
 
let go of shame,
chains that we carry,
forgive yourself fully,
God has carried your burdens,
to that cross…
 
walk forward boldly,
in life, in new freedom,
leave your shame, your chains,
all that you have arrived,
at the rugged cross…
 
God has redeemed us,
through the blood of Jesus,
all our sins have been washed away,
we are made clean, holy,
through the blood of Christ…
 
walk forward in freedom,
sure, of our future, our hope,
that we will be united with Christ,
with our risen Lord and Savior,
at the cross, at the end of this life…
 
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Edited and posted October 18, 2024
be brutally honest – v2
 
Written and posted October 14, 2024
be brutally honest
Typed October 18, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/be-brutally-honest_25.html
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Written and posted October 14, 2024
God made us for community
Typed October 18, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/god-made-us-for-community_25.html
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Written and posted October 14, 2024
a wounded heart
Typed October 18, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/a-wounded-heart_25.html
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Written and posted October 14, 2024
Fighting Hell
Typed October 18, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/fighting-hell_25.html
 
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poetry, God, prayer, Christ, Spirit, faith, confession, freedom, salvation, healing, restoration, fear, shame, pain, wounds,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #prayer #faith #confession #freedom #salvation #healing #restoration #fear #shame #pain #wounds

Fighting Hell – v2

Battling Satan,
forces of evil,
the struggle for us,
life and death…
 
The battle in truth,
is fighting Hell, the Devil,
forces of evil,
in a fallen world…
 
Combatting darkness,
with the love of our Father,
embracing our salvation,
in the risen Christ…
 
Open your eyes,
to the battle raging,
all the forces of evil,
are no match for God…
 
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Edited and posted October 18, 2024
Fighting Hell – v2
 
Written and posted October 14, 2024
Fighting Hell
Typed October 18, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/fighting-hell_25.html
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Edited and posted October 18, 2024
Face Your Pain – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/face-your-pain-v2_27.html
Written and posted October 14, 2024
Face Your Pain
Typed October 18, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/face-your-pain_25.html
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Edited and posted October 18, 2024
Access deeply – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/access-deeply-v2_27.html
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Written and posted October 14, 2024
God speaks a response
Typed October 18, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/god-speaks-response_25.html
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Written and posted October 14, 2024
God calls us, each of us
Typed October 18, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/god-calls-us-each-of-us_25.html
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Written and posted October 13, 2024
we all are needed
Typed October 18, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/we-all-are-needed.html
 
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poetry, God, prayer, Christ, Spirit, Hebrews 10:23-39, faith, Deuteronomy 31:1-8, Romans 6:1-18, 1 Corinthians 12:12-27, Jeremiah 1:1-8, James 1:12-18,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #prayer #Hebrews10 #faith #Deuteronomy31 #Romans6 #1Corinthians12 #Jeremiah1 #James1

Face Your Pain – v2

don’t deny, turn away,
from your hurt, your feelings,
controlled by death, by sin,
by the ways of the flesh…
 
open your eyes to the truth,
face your pain, open fully, openly,
bear your very soul,
speaking what you must…
 
speak God’s love,
God’s truth, God’s power,
to heal your brokenness,
to redeem your life…
 
face your pain, your demons,
be brutally honest, open,
pour your heart out
before Almighty God…
 
stand in the gap,
with and for others,
no longer controlled,
by the things of the flesh…
 
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Edited and posted October 18, 2024
Face Your Pain – v2
 
Written and posted October 14, 2024
Face Your Pain
Typed October 18, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/face-your-pain_25.html
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Edited and posted October 18, 2024
Access deeply – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/access-deeply-v2_27.html
&
Written and posted October 14, 2024
God speaks a response
Typed October 18, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/god-speaks-response_25.html
&
Written and posted October 14, 2024
God calls us, each of us
Typed October 18, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/god-calls-us-each-of-us_25.html
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Written and posted October 13, 2024
we all are needed
Typed October 18, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/we-all-are-needed.html
 
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poetry, God, prayer, Christ, Spirit, Hebrews 10:23-39, faith, Deuteronomy 31:1-8, Romans 6:1-18, 1 Corinthians 12:12-27, Jeremiah 1:1-8, James 1:12-18,
 
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Access deeply – v2

cutting a wound open,
exposed to the light,
peeling the onion
the scab of denial
a scar never healed…
 
access deeply,
the pain we carry,
the pathways created.
the desires of the flesh,
everything within us,
that separates of from God…
 
delve deeper,
remove the pain, the poison,
the stones, the chains we carry,
all the stumbling blocks,
between ourselves and God…
 
access deeply,
be brutally honest,
opening our hearts to healing,
made new in Christ Jesus,
freed of the chains we have carried,
for years, decades…
 
release the demons,
the lies of Satan,
the chains we carry,
breathe the new life,
we have in Christ…
 
access deeply,
the faith within us,
all that within us points to God,
the hope we cleave to,
the victory in Jesus,
the battle already won…
 
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Edited and posted October 18, 2024
Access deeply – v2
 
Written and posted October 14, 2024
Access deeply
Typed October 18, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/access-deeply_25.html
&
Written and posted October 14, 2024
God speaks a response
Typed October 18, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/god-speaks-response_25.html
&
Written and posted October 14, 2024
God calls us, each of us
Typed October 18, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/god-calls-us-each-of-us_25.html
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Written and posted October 13, 2024
we all are needed
Typed October 18, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/we-all-are-needed.html
 
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poetry, God, prayer, Christ, Spirit, Hebrews 10:23-39, faith, Deuteronomy 31:1-8, Romans 6:1-18, 1 Corinthians 12:12-27, Jeremiah 1:1-8, James 1:12-18,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #prayer #Hebrews10 #faith #Deuteronomy31 #Romans6 #1Corinthians12 #Jeremiah1 #James1

God speaks a response – v2

God breathes a prayer
over our doubts,
God speaks a response
to each of your fears…
 
We say, “I am a child,”
God says, “I have called you,”
we say, “I am not worthy”,
God says, “I know you”, …
 
We say, “I am not enough”,
God says, “I will equip you,”
“You are enough, my child”,
“I have called you by name” …
 
We must be bolder,
We must trust more fully,
God will make a way for us,
Through our darkness, our pain…
 
When we say, “Lord, please help me,”
God speaks a response, “I Am”,
for God loves us fully,
and Christ saved us from death…
 
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Edited and posted October 18, 2024
God speaks a response – v2
 
Written and posted October 14, 2024
God speaks a response
Typed October 18, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/god-speaks-response_25.html
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Written and posted October 14, 2024
God calls us, each of us
Typed October 18, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/god-calls-us-each-of-us_25.html
&
Written and posted October 13, 2024
we all are needed
Typed October 18, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/we-all-are-needed.html
&
Written and posted October 13, 2024
Turn from your sin
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/turn-from-your-sin_25.html
&
Written and posted October 13, 2024
God goes before us
typed October 18, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/god-goes-before-us_25.html
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Written and posted October 13, 2024
Do not shrink from the challenge
typed October 18, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/do-not-shrink-from-challenge_25.html
 
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poetry, God, prayer, Christ, Spirit, Hebrews 10:23-39, faith, Deuteronomy 31:1-8, Romans 6:1-18, 1 Corinthians 12:12-27, Jeremiah 1:1-8,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #prayer #Hebrews10 #faith #Deuteronomy31 #Romans6 #1Corinthians12 #Jeremiah1

we all are needed – v2

we all are needed,
part of the body,
we each have a part to play,
in God’s kingdom…
 
we are all family,
part of the body,
each of us are essential,
in God’s holy plan…
 
we all are needed,
part of the body,
God’s kingdom on earth,
and in the hereafter…
 
we are all family,
part of the body,
life in community,
in communion with God…
 
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Edited and posted October 18, 2024
we all are needed – v2
 
Written and posted October 13, 2024
we all are needed
Typed October 18, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/we-all-are-needed.html
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Written and posted October 13, 2024
Turn from your sin
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/turn-from-your-sin_25.html
&
Written and posted October 13, 2024
God goes before us
typed October 18, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/god-goes-before-us_25.html
&
Written and posted October 13, 2024
Do not shrink from the challenge
typed October 18, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/do-not-shrink-from-challenge_25.html
 
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poetry, God, prayer, Christ, Spirit, Hebrews 10:23-39, faith, Deuteronomy 31:1-8, Romans 6:1-18, 1 Corinthians 12:12-27,
 
#poetry #God #Christ #Spirit #prayer #Hebrews10 #faith #Deuteronomy31 #Romans6 #1Corinthians12

Do not shrink from the challenge – v2

Stand on your faith,
do not shrink from the challenge,
persevere in each moment,
for God walks with you…
 
Do not listen to the Enemy,
to his lies to the people,
live my faith only
and you will be saved…
 
Stand in the gap, the breach,
for others walk with you,
hold onto your faith,
as a sword, a shield…
 
Look to the future,
to our victory in Jesus,
He defeated the grave,
in Him is our salvation…
 
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Edited and posted October 18, 2024
Do not shrink from the challenge – v2
 
Written and posted October 13, 2024
Do not shrink from the challenge
typed October 18, 2024
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/10/do-not-shrink-from-challenge_25.html
 
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, God, prayer, Hebrews 10:23-39, faith,
 
#poetry #God #prayer #Hebrews10 #faith