If variety
Is a spice of life,
Diversity becomes
A source of beauty.
True, ethnic groups must
Maintain and display
Their language,
Cultural, religious… identity
Of course, democracy
Being the nitty-gritty.
And if unity
Is a source of strength,
To forge their oneness
Ethnic groups must go
A greater length.
Let it be known
Predators, self-seekers
Enemies,
Phony politicians
Seek an entry point
And Achilles’ heel
With a divisive
Wedge a nation to kill.
To fish in
A troubled water
They want
To put us asunder.
So “Unity in diversity”
Must be the catchword
We uphold.
It is wise to remember
“We will be hanged separately
Unless we hang up together!
(Benjamin Franklin)”
BY ALEM HAILU G/KRISTOS
THE ETHIOPIAN HERALD SATURDAY 9 DECEMBER 2023
