"Absence of War"

Monday, 24 January 2011 23:59 Petros Haile

By Petros Haile

for every dead soldier

ten plus more relatives grieve

to some, remains a permanent scar

so it seems, no more killing

yet, it lingers on every living soul

family and community disintegrate

when the toll for the damage counted

society begins to gloom on its intensity

one by one, and no one escape

dead, maimed and displaced

To the never ending nightmare

those who can, left the country

promise not to return

to the place they despise

assessing the damage, how the nation injured

in the unnecessary war, might also be unprovoked

war does not discriminate, even to those who ignite

the greatest damage of all

nation's innocence has been robbed

trust no one, take no prisoners

victory at any cost

collective Psyche of survival

pretensions & fear takes over

victory celebrated in partial forms

war songs & dance over the dead

guns became the national emblem

reminding the relatives of the other side

that their loved one's death

the cause for celebration to others

their sorrow & despair

becomes a joy to the "victors"

no winner or looser

absence of war does not translate to peace

we carry the scars to our grave

when the nation reveals the reality

no amount of comfort & therapy

erase the pains from our memory

for the faults of irrational humans

men, women & children suffer

no matter who celebrate victory, or concede defeat

Comments

-3 #6 Reteeawi 2011-01-25 17:55

I pray to God/Allah that
he turns EDA from the path of destruction and
self-destruction by choosing to go and do all the
evils pfdj chose to do by being greedy,exclusio nist,
Bedea/,arrogance and intimidatind and above all
disrespectful to the voices of the people.

+2 #5 Retee 2011-01-25 17:49

From the outset the objective of our opposition was
to bring solution by bringing peace and not to bring
and add more problems.
So I call to all people in the opposition organizations
to be true to their words.
PEACE AND DEMOCRACY ARE POSSIBLE ONLY
THROUGH INCLUSION,ACCOM ODATION AND
UNDERSTANDING
And not through force,intimidat ion and exclusion....
so they shold not fall into the same trap the exclusionist
PFDJ fall itself...

+6 #4 Observer 2011-01-25 17:44

Hate brought them to the lands of pain and tears, beyond the river of blood. The people to the north and south of the Mereb, could not understand the extent of their foolishness and ignorance. Instead of love, they chose hate, war to peace, tears to laughter, and death to life, only to prove that they are ages behind the rest of the world in human development.
To the surprise of all humanity, habeshas continue to suffer from the same killing disease of hate and intolerance, with no remorse for their past mistakes, years after they sacrificed their own lives and the future of their children.
Ignorance is bliss until it destroys the foolish. The problem lies in habeshas themselves and not in their stars.

+5 #3 Agony 2011-01-25 14:38

The war is over
The mother by the door
Stands waiting the light of her down
As time goes with no hope
Her smile is covered by deep sorrow
Her eyes turn to a drop
Her body shrinks to the bone
There is nothing she can turn on
In tears remembering her children
She curses the day she was born

+1 #2 Frieden 2011-01-25 10:07

The war between eritrea and etihiopia was a fake war. Isayas and meles want to live in power. They used the boundary war as insrument for thier power. Over 100000 people offered their life only to help both mafia-leaders to stay in power.

+10 #1 a sober citizen 2011-01-25 08:04

let's be honest, if it wasn't for no war no peace, we wouldn't have realized the things we have realized in the last 12 years...I guise it has been a good time for reflection...to see Eritrea and eritreanism for what it is, rather than what it is not...I am sure Eritrea has has a few more sober citizens today than 12 years a go...a valuable resource Eritrea desperately needs is a sober citizen...

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