BY MULATU BELACHEW
The difficult hill is surmounted
The long dark night is left behind
A journey of peace is commenced
The combat looks finalized
It is just what many toss and turn in mind
But the pulverized hill is still
Posing a challenge
The crusher is also striving for stabilizing
But a tragic reality is what we all are observing
The innocents are falling here and there
Though whatever is happening, hope of togetherness
Is flickering
Reconciliation is initiated
On the horizon new hope is emerging
Everything good is drawing closer
Is that right?
I don’t know but just they said!
But broken hearts are too much
However new space for all is approaching
That fixes the damages
But things are not yet easy
To make it happen
To enjoy peace like in comfort zone
Many of us aren’t ready
Why not I stopped saying this and that
Oh I can’t stop ascribing about
Because my people are crying
With blood my land is soaking
By the act of all sides
For sure all say “we fight for the people
But they are killing the people”
They loudly voice about democracy
But we didn’t seen their act proves this amply
For stabilizing and correcting the old system
All are crying and striving
But how?
Some are following
Principles like “blood cleanses blood”
And revenging innocent people
The others also follow love and reconciliation
It is confusing whose way is right?
In any condition killing the innocent people
Can’t be right!
Forget all
Listen my call
My message is simple
My voice is one
My concern is for the safety of all
Not only for some group
It is for all!
Mind this, peoples’ blood is spilling
By firearm groups and politician orating
Many think ‘blood demands blood’
This scenario is outmoded and old
Does not benefit all because it is not gold
I don’t know when this will end
But I know it has a stoppage
A final chapter to be closed
All have to be judged
No one will be left in the dark
My people will enjoy a breath of fresh air
Above trickery
From the necrophilia-drenched system
One is working to save all
The foolish are standing against peace
Instead of keeping the nation’s peace
And protecting national interest
Some are killing and bleeding people for selfish interest
Now, all things come complex
And confusing
To target and clear all problems from the source
This makes hard to guess about the future.
But fighters worry citizens not
Leave the innocent
Rather, fight those who made fault
Show your power by capturing the criminals
Not by killing innocent civilians
Show your wisdom by correcting wrong things
Mend wrong turns
Do not simply utter democracy
We are tired of listening to this eloquence
But it can’t be a guarantee for us
Rather it is reason for our innocents’ falls
The wise, kids, youths
All of us have gave up hoping changes from fallacious propaganda
It is just a strategy to hold public power
This isn’t good and can bring peace
How could such vision prove right?
If the way of things is wrong
This can’t be right
Holding power is the ultimate vision
But serving the public is a fake promise
It is possible serving the people without holding power.
Politicians, the nation still needs you
But how can we put our trust on you?
Because the way you act
Must be better than from
The one now in power
Then we trust you
But now the nation has lost trust at all
That is why no corporate responsibility sharing
Among parties and politicians
For the national affairs
Power sharing
Anything most politicians think is all about
How to take and sustain their power
Not about nation building
Except only some officials
They say we are working to build a united nation
But nothing is put in place
Before many years and now
The tone of officials is the same
But no change, the society is still suffering
But I stand today and tomorrow
With leaders who are striving for inclusive change
Who think and care about change
By experiencing difficulties and blare
To keep peace and security of my people
You all gunmen should answer to me
“Why killing my people?”
“Why target them?”
Here I am to leave them
Come on, deal with me
Change the game
United, our forbearers
Won alien foes
Again this to happen
We have to focus on things
Those make us closer and united.
Africans be united
Ethiopians be united
And change the game
Win alien foes
Why kill the innocent?
Why not save them
I don’t know?
But time will reveal the truth from all sides
Why all fail protecting people
Is there a thing greater than life?
Listen to me the political disorder
Will be corrected through time
When we leave our personal interest
And stand to serve all without differences
Equity matters
Not oratory beautiful verses
So exercise selflessness
A solution to all problems
Better than ideological deals
This time never allow people die
God bless our lands and peoples.
The Ethiopian Herald 20 April 2021
