ODE TO DAWN OF DEMOCRACY IN RISING ETHIOPIA (October 4, 2021)

(A Poem Written to Commemorate the First Democratically Elected Government in Ethiopia)

Ethiopia Africa’s brightest gem
Forty million for hours stood and gifted you a democratic system.
It was the 4^th of October a day I shall always remember
Like the full moon rising over the African night
Ethiopia rose with the dawn’s early light.

Ethiopia greeted the dawn of democracy
Laid waste her enemies’ conspiracy to restore a thugocracy.
Ethiopia shall rise to the summit of national unity in diversity
Bury deep the politics of identity
Build up prosperity over the graveyard of poverty.

Ethiopia, Land of the Wise
Your people shall come together to organize, mobilize and galvanize.
Ethiopians shall rise to humanize, harmonize and compromise
In an all-inclusive Peace Enterprise
No Ethiopian shall be left behind, and Ethiopia shall rise!

Ethiopia shall rise by the sinews of her youth
Armed to the teeth with nothing but the truth.
Marching to the song of Medemer
Day and night, winter and summer
Ethiopia’s Cheetah Generation, fighter and peacemaker.

Ethiopians shall stand in the noonday sun tall and proud
Listening to billions of trees make sound.
Leaves singing, “Ethiopia today. Ethiopia tomorrow Ethiopia forever.”
Let’s rock and roll among the trees, let’s Ethiopia discover together
Our home, sweet home, let no one put asunder.

Ethiopia shall rise with the GERD’s bright lights
Prosper and reach magnificent new heights.
With GERD burning bright, all Ethiopians shall finally gain their sight
Ethiopia hands outstretched stands under the shadow of Divine Might
Ethiopia shall rise, Rise, RISE and SHINE SPARKLING BRIGHT!­­