The irony of fate

 Is frightening in times of change:

Russia has risen from its knees

 But has reared up.

 … And God is watching

, Trembling from fear,

 As the world lies at Russia’s feet

 With its face in the mud.

   Dmitri Bykov

Source: Russia Beyond the Headlines - http://rbth.com/literature/2014/10/01/political_poetry_in_russia_1990s_2000s_40279.html