The over eight billion population,
The planet provides with necessary requirements, ration,
These days entertains a war as a new fashion,
If I am allowed,
Let me question head of states, scholars,
Officials, in general world leaders,
Who benefits out of conflict, deadly war,
It is quite trying for life, too far,
When will egocentric nature of people dry?
When the arrogant stop to human fry,
For how long innocents made cry,
Properties of a given nation demolished,
The sacred deeds of some have been shadowed,
Blur and covered with fog,
Every free move is accompanied with severe snag,
Up to when, when……
The diabolic spirit of many shine out,
Numerous citizens are crying out,
As conflict entrepreneurs can’t live without,
Because their standard is double,
War has become worldwide inevitable,
Conflict is potentially presumed,
So long as human race has interacted,
Getting self-styled and run bad,
Instead of doing good,
Is doing good for them,
Getting others suffer,
Getting annoyed the creator,
True, people are sacred creatures,
Despite their alacrity to be jealous,
Ukraine is calling the world for help,
Russia is crying for peace,
Crying are many others,
Especially developing ones,
In the 21st century when,
State-of-the-art technology is used,
Potential to do everything is at everyone’s door,
With a smart scientist, investor, doctor, farmer,
Many are dying of hunger,
Famine and poverty,
And everywhere lacks surety,
Where are humanitarian agencies?
Where are Ombudsman offices?
Where is security, where is peace-loving sect,
Are they merely for fattening a report?
Mother earth is sufficient to house,
To feed and to nurture inhabitants,
What gives it hard time are human beings,
Indeed! They themselves,
Due to their………,
Curse feature, bad spirit and self-centered nature,
Power monger stance and gloomy picture,
The bad thing is every human race on earth,
Has made cursed deeds up to,
Going down to earth,
Generation goes, generation comes,
The belly of the earth has never been satisfied,
Can never be quenched,
Takes all human beings open mouthed,
No matter how rich people are,
Whatever smart they are, too,
No one is left from filling earth’s abdomen,
Be they are old, young, men or women,
Better to think as such,
Accompanied with study the fact, deep search,
Say no to conflict, say no to war,
The graveyard and the tomb are deep and far,
Human beings leave earth, the planet,
To eternally stay in a narrow dark net,
A three meters crypt,
House, palace, villa or tattered tent,
Despite their difference in various aspects,
Wealth, health, education or level of dearth,
No one is left from going to earth,
So what makes people quarrel,
It is state of being wide unparallel,
Generation comes, generation goes,
Solely remains the earth,
Why don’t they enjoy the given,
Why fail to make earthly heaven,
The planet provides them with,
Up to the time they go hell or heaven,
Whether there is life after death or not,
Better to do good for others,
Apart from carrying out the reverse,
Say no war, say no conflict,
But I don’t think some people think.
You sons and daughters of the planet,
You can avoid war, conflict,
Hard work, read one another’s mind,
As much as you can, do good,
Save a number of lives,
Your mother, our mother Earth severely yells!!!
BY MENGESHA AMARE
The Ethiopian Herald August 18/2024
