My beloved
I always remember
Once, my soul
Had taken a ride
On a marital-bliss river
Jubilant nothing or no one
Could put us asunder.
But after I learnt
You have sown mistrust
On the fertile ground
Of my heart
When you cheated on me
Willfully letting
A cherished corner
To a lover another
The quiet donning
Ecstasy’s river
Which I happily
Used to ride
Had taken leave
Forever
To uncharted water!
Bringing warmth
To my hearth,
Once you had made
My life a paradise on earth
Soon to change it to
An earthly hell
Worse than what sinners
Expect after death!
BY ALEM HAILU G/KRISTOS
THE ETHIOPIAN HERALD WEDNESDAY 9 AUGUST 2023
