BY MENGESHA AMARE)
All is given a respective name,
Unique to them,
Being a boon or a bane,
That’s up to each individual,
To nominate a belly, waist, tail or mane,
To embody the whole women or men,
As there is no other category in the universe’s territory,
Many reflect dual personality,
In the eyes of posterity,
Those that receive positive breakthrough
Provide them with nomenclature,
A saint or Heavenly creature,
However,
The ones on the other end receive the contrary,
Develop rivalry, promote misery,
Project devilish picture, diabolic gesture,
So as to be acknowledged, not to be dodged,
Some act as a chameleon,
For trillions, billions, and thousands or a million,
Where does this pretending come from,
Changing self in various form ?
Perhaps from lack of confidence, eroded essence,
To amass undeserved profit at the expense of the mass,
And being opportunist to suck,
To penetrate, to hoodwink,
Golden chances out of the blue,
Having been pasted with a glue.
Having a gut to serve others,
Prioritize governing ideas,
Being firm in selflessness,
Requires courage,
To come out of a sense of grudge,
Thinking out of the box,
Not to act among a flock of sheep as a fox,
Never stop being a good person,
Because of bad people affected by mental poison,
Such a telling life principle, guideline, self-bylaw,
Helps to translate oath to practice,
If not at a time, but piece by piece,
Well recognized, accredited and accepted,
A world is full of good people,
Cursed and stubborn,
Since they were born,
Yes, everyone learns either from people, interaction,
Or from disciplines, scientific arena through formal education,
Be that as it may,
A source, stem to be raised or life ray,
What matters is intrinsic element,
That makes everybody people of their dream,
Logically, scientifically, reasonably under the sun,
There is no good or bad person,
Circumstances make people cruel,
Tenacious, self-centered, obdurate, not great,
Or,
Sacred, selfless, sympathy, cooperative and reverential,
Obviously, no absolute either here,
But better to fall under middle ground,
To make all the time decisions sound,
With a wider gut outside of mind-treason,
Governed with logic and reason,
And what are the two is another query,
To make those oppressed free.
As human beings perhaps,
The act they don’t bear, they loath,
Be it very tiny or mammoth,
Has never been done upon people,
This time around, one can meet two ends,
Without infringing others’ rights, on them impose harms.
Prettily, life continues till it ends,
Bedecked with what individuals prefer,
Being human is a blessing or a curse based on what they gain or incur.
No matter how little of lucrative they gain,
Better to help others, shoulder their burden, feel the pain,
Nothing is better than living up to being!
As everything passes away with dying!
The Ethiopian Herald February 2/2021
