Shipwreck lost in the sea
With treasures and secrets
And old companions
What did you do
To make the ocean mad?
Shipwreck lost in the sea
Broken and scattered
And forgotten
What did you say to the ocean,
To anger it so?
O Ship of Life
Don’t you know the ocean has pride?
Did mother not tell you?
Why did the waves hate you
And shower you with floods of salt?
Shipwreck lost in the sea
How could you not have known
That the ocean is proud
How could she not tell you
That it hates mockery?
BY ALEM KIDANE
THE ETHIOPIAN HERALD SATURDAY 2 SEPTEMBER 2023
