A WAR AT THE DOOR !
BY FIKRE M ย WORKNEH
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It is unsettling, trying time for our mother land
Old enemies are talking warย
Out to shad her blood
Take her drinking water and occupy all that she possessedย
ย ย She has out lived all wars band of enemies
ย ย In the middle ages ย she vanquished ย Muslim invaders
ย ย Came to her shore to take her people ย Into slaves
ย ย In recent past , her brave warriors fought against
ย ย Mussolini โs fascist army and drove them out of her terrorizes
ย ย Her battle tested warriors gallantly fought Mussoliniย
ย ย With brave heart in every region until he demoralized
ย ย Defeated , and embarrassed and fled
ย ย Once again her belligerent ย neighbors threateningย
ย ย to cross her border
ย ย To loot ย and vandalize her precious water
ย ย They must know they are playing with raging fire
ย ย The like of which they never seen before
ย ย A looming hovering above like heavy dark cloud
ย ย To bring flood uproot people like dry trees in the ground
ย ย I am anguished and heavy hearted and overwhelmed ย by sadness
ย ย Our precious home land is engulfed ย by raging fire, social upheavalsย
ย ย Disgruntled terroristsย
ย ย The threat of war from afar ย has been always present and dangerousย
ย ย We also must pay special attention to home grown
ย ย disillusioned , misguided ย Disgruntled fellow brothers and sisters
ย ย They have become assassins and arsonists ย
ย ย Stetting ablaze villages farms , homes churches , schools
ย ย The fabric of our society , our humanity and our core values
ย ย Are defiled our rich history are in the verge of braking down
ย ย The bed rock of our long held way of life ย is its kneesย
ย ย This tragic ethnic driven war even could ย cascade
ย ย Into massive mayhem and loss of life hard to comprehendย
ย ย Our cherish history will be disbanded and discardย
ย ย Foster animosity and suspicion neighbor against neighborย
ย ย produce ย a legacy of hate and a broke society in disrepair
ย ย These are our flesh and blood being aggrieved ย , falling victimsย
ย ย Setting ablaze own homes
ย ย Crying loud shading tears for being homeless
ย ย They are invisible warriors without an insignia Or military uniformย
ย ย They are zealots could inflict an existential ย societal harm
ย ย They aspire a Goal to establish Some from utopiaย
ย ย Burning down to ashes our precious land Ethiopia
ย ย They are like an adolescent who murder his parents
ย ย In the fit of anger , out of control emotion
ย ย Ask for mercy of the court because he was an orphanย
ย ย Ethiopians are in mourning for the lost burned down
ย ย Homes, churches for murdered souls
ย ย For mutilated women for unborn babies ย taking out by force
ย ย from the womb of their mothers
ย ย discarded to feed the vulturesย
ย ย For kidnaped held hostage never return homes and families
Ethiopia has been tested and retested ย by war hunger and disses ย and ramen
ย ย This too will come to passย
ย ย She will rise like morning sun ย rise again and ย again
