BY SENAIT G/HIWOT
I have had a glimpse of heaven
When I was seventeen
My mind had shut down
Its whispers and its frown
And in the silence
I felt my true presence
Life was sweet like heaven
I never thought I’d listen
To any more of negativity
I was in peace and serenity
The sunshine was brighter
The wind blowing was cooler
My heart was throbbing in wonder
I could feel mind was free
The world was a nice place to be
This was my glimpse of heaven
That lasted till eleven
When I was seventeen
I Am Me
BY BINIAM ZEWDE
I wish nothing but the best for me
If I could be the change I wish to see
To have a place in everyone’s mind
To be remembered by the world
I would dedicate something different
So that,
They‘ll be proud of my work
I strongly believe and strongly think
The time is not gone, till young
It is true that!
I can bring something new to the world
That could help a lot, so much more
Tomorrow is coming and today is going
I feel I could turn back today
The day and the time that is going
Once it has been said,
Time and tide waits for no man
But what I just mean now is…
The time is waiting for one man
That is me
I am me!
Hooligan hypocrites
BY ALEM HAILU G/KRISTOS
As we are
Famed for hypocrisy
Do allow us to
Lecture you
About democracy
Though we know
Prior to us
You have the practice
In the timeline, upstarts
Usurping the know-all
Permit us
About democracy to
Goad you please!
The divide-and-rule
Machiavellian gesture
As an adventure
We admit
And still exercise it
Fomenting many an
Ethnic-based conflict.
We adore to fish
In troubled water
To sure meet
Own objective faster.
Just like a canopy feeder
With our wings
Eclipsing the water
Striking out light helps us
Unsuspecting fishes
To pick better.
In a
System of governance
And religiosity
You took the lead
But our piece of advice
How to dine, how
To put on attires
You have to heed,
Forget not
Boiled-wheat aid
You may need.
Disgraced, it is better
For food your pride
You barter.
Don’t think
Humanitarian issues
Or aid
Is what first comes
To our head.
The economically weak
Their mind we—
Hooligan hypocrites—
Don’t
Allow them to speak
Leave alone
Their own roadmap
To design and
God-bestowed
Wealth to tap.
Worshippers of devil
Head- to -toe
We are evil.
It is our duty
To exhume a
Terrorist party
That shows alacrity
To execute assigned task
The reason behind its back
Remiss to ask.
TPLF is our right arm
We don’t want
On it to happen
Any harm.
We don’t mind
For genocide
A hotbed TPLF members
Or dissenters may find.
Introducing
Modern colonization
Is our covert intention.
The Ethiopian Herald October 16/2022
