Internet was available and I was able to have a look,
At the family news on face book.

We learned about the life of Russian people through the centuries,
And how they coped with all leaders they saw as enemies.

Each leader promised them the moon,
But after election forgot their promises very soon.

Since the beginning the people have been trying to cope,
While they had false hope.

They have lost hope and are almost sure,
No leader has…or ever will find a cure.

We arrived in the town of Goritsy,
That did not look very glitzy.

We walked the Monastery on White lake that was built in 1397,
We’re the last 6 monks live till they go to heaven.

In their museum they display icons and the local made Vologda lace.
And they tell you that you can leave here with a ten year younger face.

But only if you do not think it to be a bother,
To bathe in the White lake water.

Only 600 people live in this town or near,
And the parents of Ivan the Terrible often came to pray here.

And they believed….
There prayers were answered when he was conceived.

But since that day …people have sworn,
Life would have been better…had he not been born .