The sun rays of hope & understanding to shine again
Feven A
Tue, 4 Jan 2000 05:22:06

Oh, sons and daughters
of mother Eritrea and father Ethiopia

I don't know your pain; I have not walked in your shoes
My knowledge is limited to the comfort of my home

I wish I had the power to ease your pain
And remind you that the wound that cuts your skin in two will heal
Like the volcano that erupts and reminds the earth of its' precious jewels

The ashy cloud from the volcano
might cloud your eyes and hearts to see and feel

Oh, sons and daughters
of mother Eritrea and father Ethiopia

I am hopeful that the wind of change and time will clear the sky
for the sun rays of hope and understanding to shine again
on the heads of mother Eritrea and father Ethiopia
In life's beauty and struggles

I used mother for Eritrea because I was raised by my mother and I did not know my father well for circumstance beyond his control, although my father is an Eritrean. In 1995, I took a bus tour alone around Ethiopia and I was able to see the beauty of Ethiopia beyond my narrow view of hatred. The people and the land of Ethiopia are indeed beautiful like any people of any land and they desire an equal appreciation! Just because the mother and the father are divorced or in conflict it does not justify hatred for one or the other in life's beauty and struggles.
-Feven