Ethiopia. Poem by Senait Gebrehiwot

Ethiopia
Your landscape is beautiful
Your people are thoughtful
What is happening now?
Death became familiar
Racism became popular
A land of human origin
Naturally gifted in terrain
An ancient mother land
Didn't have to go south
All the people sacrificed
Are a big deal to my mind
Why can't love prevail?
Why can't we be civil?
A country with many gifts
With bright minds and talents
Should do better in these terms
Love and peace should prevail
Growth and success should sustain
We should forgive each other
And live in peace together
Racism should be cancelled
Out of our motherland.