Many nations watch Ethiopia in vigil
To direct events to their evil will.
Equal to the enemies’ viciousness
Belligerently exhibit their wickedness.
They applaud enemy’s stealthy maneuver
Their indifference is full and runs over.
Deaf and dumb, they pay no heed
Detached they are from ethical creed.
Journalism has lost its alacrity
Gone is all its virtuosity.
True stories are no more needed
They are removed and carefully weeded.
Gain of money does loudly cry
Profession coerced and loyalty does pry
I wonder why they all attack
From up, down, front and back.
Waging on us a proxy war
Loudly they cry with deafening roar.
Utterly baseless, ill-fated allegation
They dream to destroy a sovereign nation.
They reject empowering democracy
And cling to abusive diplomacy.
Accomplices flock into Tigray
Ethiopia doesn’t flinch how hard they try.
No matter how many they are
We fight enemies from near and afar.
Ethiopia inches into victory
With commitment as firm as tree
Strapped from the left and right
Never dies her valor to fight.
She is reputed for bearing the plight
So she stands firm and dispels the fright.
Media chatter unchecked and unedited
By their audiences they’re much appreciated.
The fake reality they unwisely create
Their fictitious narratives widely permeate.
The international communities deliberately deny
Rejecting her truth, but clinging to their white lie.
The blood that floods in streets to them unseen
They embrace the defiled, push aside the clean.
Their journalists imbued with incisive evil
They cast heart-rending news edited by the devil.
The blast of their lies, deafens the ear
It is boringly disgusting for all to hear.
Such irrational and ill-intentioned adherence
Boosted the enemies’ unbearable coherence
Enemies from the US and the West
Norway, Finland, and all the rest;
They joined hands to intimidate Ethiopia
To destroy her like Afghanistan, Iraqi and Syria
Whatever’s done to the victim of the circumstance
These powers deny her the legitimate assistance.
The “democratic” world blindly rally behind the junta
They’re bewitched by the rhetoric of Jeffry and Samantha.
Such powers plant their footsteps everywhere
And create glaring instability, poverty and despair.
Yet, innocent Americans are not implicated
To be accountable for the crimes indicated.
But those who are devilishly interested
Make situations worse and more complicated.
They appeal to international community
And thus justify the rebels’ brutality.
Though Ethiopia is more challenged than before
She refines her defense strategy more and more.
Her enemies labored to put her under siege
Attacked and severed her diplomatic bridge.
The junta fighters are everywhere
Ever intensify their human slaughter.
Human sentiment, out of them drained
Perhaps due to the way they’re trained.
Spilling human blood to them is exciting
Alas! Their devilish act is so frightening.
The western media are their biggest fan
They are behind the deed and the whole plan.
They rejoice at the scream of babies
Relish the bitter cry of daddies and mommies.
They give such sad news a big coverage
And offer the murderers a strong leverage.
If they were the victims how would they feel?
They would flood TVs with wail and incessant appeal.
Public forums would be rocked by deafening shrill
Yet, when innocents die, they remain quiet and still.
Robing and looting, their favorite trade
Destroy infrastructure in their savagery raid.
They leave nothing behind
And behave frantic and wild.
Pregnant mothers murdered brutally
The dead are spread in the sun to rot filthily.
Even domestic animals were never spared
Were shot down and left dead.
Tons of food and emergency assistance
Were looted and plundered without hesitance.
The war lords frantically prance around
Though naked bodies are scattered around.
Such are the terms of negotiation
Crafty sermon in devil’s congregation
Let’s all run full-speed to victory
Shake off subjugations and misery.
By Joseph Soboka
THE ETHIOPIAN HERALD NOVEMBER 24/2021
