Eritrea: “Come To Terms”

 

when might failed to bring order 

and the resistance can’t deliver

passion and vigor lost its course

 to a crisis and frozen conflicts 

 

when anger and emotion takes over

greed and vengeance spread like a fire

tweaking, twisting, dancing and daring 

rage, so powerful, fluid, and engaging 

 

When you think all is well

thoughtless conditions rise again

when you know the motivations

they retaliate and justify their actions

 

vividly remember the evil of the past

no better than the present

witnessed humanity at its worst

hoping to see it at it’s best

 

tragedy that awoke the dormant

wise men neglected to point it out

simple truth twisted and stretched 

enlightened advice, deliberately ignored

 

the malaise, the cause and the intentions

to an absurd and desperate assertions

voyages and dreams of Lampedusa victims

movements with self serving notions

 

as the aloof led,  loyalists pretend

knowing at the end, they will be ahead

sham unity, preferred and endorsed

urgent action, dragged and prolonged

 

Children of immigrants, reverse the trend

friends & foe, tear down the invisible fence

be free, unrestricted with courage and care

remember the darkest day in September