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Oleksandr Bogun – poetry

May 13, 2024

We humans all come into this world

Like the first flash of the sun at dawn

Christ is risen! Rejoice people!

The Church of Christ is where the power lies

We live with you at that time

Brothers and sisters, how wonderful

Many different languages ​​in the world

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Praise and thanks to Jesus Christ For the mercy that He gives us every day, For the fact that the prayer is alive and simple Our Father hears the prayers of children.

Sometimes the heart cries out to God, There is a prayer in quiet silence, It is short, quick, like a moment, Sometimes slow in a long wait.

Prayer is not rich in the splendor of words, Prayer is not a well-chosen phrase, Prayer is somewhat like a song and a chant, Where the text alone will not be enough.

Prayer is a long flight of the heart In a moment of happiness and in a moment of sadness, She leaves our space and world And easily flies further in Nebesnia.

Sometimes it seems that Heaven is silent, You can't hear a word except for your own voice. Prayer will always reach God, Nothing can turn her around.

Prayer to Heaven is a reliable bridge, Which lies over the sea of temptation, When we take a step on it - Jesus will always meet us.

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O my dear land, dear Ukraine, The Lord gave you a difficult fate, My old, dear Motherland, God did not leave you alone in grief.

From the terrible explosions, the earth burned more than once, Your peaceful dawns were covered in blood, Under enemy tanks, you groaned in exhaustion, But God's strong hands remained with you.

The ear is ripe, like gold, in the fields Enemy armies trampled with their boots, And for his sons who died in battle, Ukrainian mothers all shed tears.

Here is a nightingale singing in blooming spring They replaced the screeching of ruthless machines, And the boys who ran in a merry crowd, They will not return to their parents' house.

That Ukrainian mother who does not sleep at night, Looking in the window in vain waiting, Terrible memories sing to her with screeches About the recent winter shootings on the Maidan.

And that village, which was once full of life, Lush gardens pleased the eyes, Now it became deserted, as if dead, The beast completely destroyed the huts.

Such is the fate of our people - We pay such a terrible price For the desire to gain will and freedom But we ask: "Dear God, stop the war!"

Because everything around depends on Your will, We thank you for the mercy you have sent. But we ask: "Give a better fate for Ukraine, Although it would be better as you said.

Therefore, give me the strength to faithfully follow You And help us carry our heavy burden. Will peace come again, or will we live with war, But the main thing is to give strength to achieve salvation.

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Life is a difficult and unknown path, All people are in search of an illusory goal. Yes, each of us is mobile by our own ego, Made his way, not knowing where.

Because all work, achievement, effort, All that we invested in health and summer, All life is just catching the wind And everything earthly is pain and vanity.

And the spirit is so languishing, it does not find rest, Because everything is foreign to him on earth. The spirit longs for God, and life passes, Leaving wrinkles on the forehead over time.

It's so hard to walk and the legs get tired, Bleeding wounds on sharp stones, Life wears the body to exhaustion And already, it seems, you will give the end.

Wounded soul, free bird, It must be so in the last time. Isn't it hard for us in this world? How many suffered before us?

But we endure what we deserve And even less than it should be, Because how much evil we humans have done And the sentence is terrible for us to understand.

And God suffered, like us, in a human body, Although He by no means deserved it, And the people became insolent in their sinful arbitrariness, They spat in the face of the Holy God.

It is difficult for us to comprehend the horror What Jesus experienced in Gethsemane: He was lonely and only ate flowers A light wind gently swayed.

Everything is as usual - the night is warm, quiet, The stars twinkle clearly in the sky. And the students are sleeping, they don't feel any danger, Little birds are singing in the garden.

Jesus Christ, who did no evil, One remained for the whole world And he prays in tears to the Holy Father - And His sweat mixed with drops of blood.

He was ready to die for humanity, But I knew that this Chalice had become bitter, It would be easier to erase everything from memory, In tears, He begged the Father for relief.

And who would support in this difficult moment?! He knew that terrible suffering would not pass, And time is so inexorable and relentless The court approached. Trouble is approaching.

And the students were sleeping. Only the Holy Father In a difficult time, supported and consoled, Minutes of pain, of the sharpest feelings They overcame the mountains of meanness and betrayal.

And on the cross, when the Father left, With our sins as heavy as a stone, He voluntarily died in silence - His love rose above the ages.

Great God humbly accepted torment, - The creator was crucified by worthless people, They pierced the holy innocent hands with nails, Who embraced the whole world so tenderly.

And we are ungrateful, sinful egoists - We complain about our own fate more than once, I wring my hands, biting my lips in despair And we think: God must have left us.

But God never leaves us, He is always there, wherever we are, He sincerely sympathizes with us in grief, Even though we crucified Him.

He loves us even though we wound We spit again in the Holy Face, We boldly build plans for the future, But everything on earth is vain and empty.

Only God is the Truth that people seek, The purpose of life and the fulfillment of all dreams, Forgive me, Christ! I am nowhere without you You are my Lord and You are my Savior!

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We are one family in Christ, Strong, big, indivisible And there is no doubt: Love is what unites us.

The world also talks about love It is the basis of all foundations, This is how you can sometimes hear: God's love cannot be understood.

Love will leave a good mark Love will save the world They sing about her in songs, Poems and verses compose.

Ready to spill blood... But the world rejected that Love, Who came down to us from Heaven, Love was distorted.

And, covering up with love, The world washes its hands with blood Although malice and sin reign everywhere, But everyone needs love.

Everybody wants the love to flow It is dry, without a source. The stream of love has dried up, Because the source of Love is God.

Therefore, dear Church, Each of us is a small drop The love of the ocean Among debauchery and deception.

We must be with you again and again Christ's love will be poured out.

And let the sinful world know The love that God's Church has, Let this love leave a mark Such that the whole world can see.

What a happiness it is to live with God, When we know how to love!

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Oh dear little Ukraine, You are already tired of the war. But there will definitely be peace And we will have peaceful dreams.

Although anxiety is spreading now, But the enemy will not defeat us. And who hopes in God - He has peace in his heart.

You and I do not want war But I definitely assure you: If our Lord will be with us - No one can stand against us.

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I believe that there is love - The treasure that everyone is looking for Christ shed his blood for humanity, And people still don't know

That happiness is hidden in God And only He gives peace to the heart, With Christ, the earthly road is easy, Only sin causes us problems.

Man searches all his life What she can't find Because there is no such thing as happiness in the world - We only see his tracks,

Which, like a mirage, disappear, When you get close to them, Everyone sighs under the burdens - Over the years, that groan did not subside.

And everything just sounds louder With the alarming cry of the crane, Who doesn't have the strength to fly Forgetting where his land is.

People look for happiness in vain, That sin and evil fell in love This path leads people nowhere, What is now was already there.

Nothing earthly pleases people, All people are hard at heart, Only Christ alone will please, Hugging gently in silence

Weak, worthless sinful soul, That paved the way to nowhere God easily makes land from the sea, And from the deserts - streams of water.

And only He can give happiness, to fill life with warmth, But it's easier for us all to choose Not God's holiness, but garbage.

The dirt that the world offers us - False happiness without the Creator, The soul will never feel Goodness and peace without the Father.

Without the Native Father, the Holy One, Who loves us all in spite of everything. He gave His Son for us, Which now our sin bears.

There is happiness in Jesus, only in Him There is something that people long for, Because God will only remove fatigue from the heart And pain from the soul that presses the chest.

I believe in what Love is, What a heavy burden it lifts What is the innocent blood of Christ? All sins are washed away.

And this is all my happiness, Although I often languish in grief, But I believe, God, that You are Give strength to be faithful to You!

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It's hard for us to understand you Why do children die in war? Why is our land blessed Did the occupier come in like a mad animal?

And although our people do not give up And our army fights bravely, But Ukraine moans and cries Tears, pain, ruin all around.

And for many generations Irpin is bombed in the hearts. Shot from rockets and a tank Gostomel, Bucha, Borodyanka.

Many peaceful towns and villages They fell into an inhuman lot.

Killed children, fathers, mothers, This is our pain and these are our wounds, Sadness and sorrow in the heart, How the enemy destroys bread.

Houses and fields are burning, The earth is torn in torrents, Therefore we pray to God, For victory to come.

Only with God will we overcome grief And we will return the Sea of Azov, And we sing a song to the Savior On the lands of the liberated Donbass.

Pick up the song in unison Kherson was released from execution. And the grain will not burn In the ports of Odessa and Zaporizhzhia.

And without sirens we will have mornings, Because our strength is not tanks, Not "Bayraktars" and "Javelins", - And in God is the strength of Ukraine!

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We humans all come into this world

And, no matter what, we leave our mark,

Wandering along the earthly path, we pass the roads,

In which both joys and anxieties are intertwined.

Happy meetings and sparks of farewell,

Joyful smiles and painful sighs,

Curved paths and straight roads,

And on the back is a burden that presses the legs.

And the sun between the clouds is not worth hoping for

When you fall and it's hard to get up.

The fog around or the wind howling,

And sin hits the heart like a stone.

Because this modern world is so insidious

He hid God's Testament from mankind,

Many roads beckon with beauty,

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