BY MENGESHA AMARE
Unknowingly or calculatingly,
Things were made wretched and extremely ugly,
Millions of lives have been claimed,
Decisive institutions were demolished,
Meaningful national wealth has been shattered,
There are of course pull or push factors,
From the side of terrorists’ masters,
It is inevitable to happen,
Claiming lives, destructing properties,
And even witnessing inhumane circumstances,
For solid twenty-four months,
Things would have been reversed,
And short contained,
Had warring parties closely discussed,
And tied heart-to-heart,
Devoid of ill intent,
Now wrongdoings attract negotiation,
A good step,
After Peace deal and confession,
Collaboratively to help citizens breathe a sigh of relief,
Closing chapters of hostility, gloomy trend,
Is unequivocally worth appreciating and grand,
What matters is sealing the deal,
To become quite fruitful,
All Ethiopians from both sides,
Waiting for the practical move,
The concrete and tangible step,
To declare lasting peace and fill the wider
Walk the talk in no time,
To prevent further crime,
Seal the deal,
Walk the talk,
Either side has to ignore ill-advices,
Unrewarding and worthless conspiracies,
Taking weaknesses into account,
Those who dislike Ethiopia’s change, growth,
Have never slept and become restless,
To hold country’s progress back,
And to make it all the time aid dependent,
Laughing at it away from horizon,
Dividing it into conflict zone,
Let’s be well aware of tricks,
As no one benefits out of chaos,
Turmoil and unrest,
We have to capitalize on the best,
No doubt,
Their sly move can be bent,
Via coordination and being smart,
Of the indispensible measures to trek,
Citizens at home and abroad,
Should act on the ground,
Make everyone their friend,
With district territory, being bordered,
Have to move in unison, and exert utmost effort,
To make their country peaceful, quite great,
We had better get all sources of enmity dried,
Let Ethiopia be our best pride,
Have to produce bright guide,
The peace deal has to be an eternal trek,
To demolish hostility, to sustainably break,
Seal the deal, walk the talk, have appeasing nation,
For the next generation,
Sure, Ethiopia is equaled by none,
As endowed with what the earth does have,
For instance with a weather compatible
With every phenomenon,
Tangible, intangible resources to help,
It defeat dependency, flourish democracy,
Within the continent or others,
Have to establish constructive ties,
With a balanced and mutual relations,
No more interfering in its affairs,
Burdening undue influence,
Game over!
Say always cheers, seal the deal, and declare independence!
Defeating conspiracy, interference, ethnocentric clashes,
Abyssinia prevails!!!
Seeing for good anti-peace, evil phobia,
Long live Ethiopia!!!
The Ethiopian Herald December 29/2022
