I wish I had lived in the past

I wrote this poem about two years ago. It was the time that the world was troubled in multiple ways. One, It was a moment that the world witnessed the cruelty murder of innocent people by the individuals whom claimed to be pure Muslims. On the other hand, the world experienced the largest human being displacement ever. Syria collapsed down, Africa vibrated by terrorist groups U.S. and Canada including Europe faced the unfortunate shootings. Malaysian Air Plane disappeared from 7 billion eyes.  Just few to list from the ongoing hindrance of our time. Comparing my life to my father's and grandfather's I said this. I wish I had lived in the past. 

I wish I had lived in the past.

When my days are full of troubles

Living offering obstacles      

Knowledge has invite problems

I was young, too young to make decisions

While my father sent me to educational centers

Sitting in the class with my aged angels

Boys and girls. 

First grade was just fun,

A b c d, E, F, G, H, I, Love, You, Wow and Z

Second level, as usual counting numbers

1, 4, 3, 2, 6, 5, 7, 8, 9, and 11, 911 the result of education,

Science had blast lives lost, get back in to class.

I don’t know why, I found myself in junior high,

Never realized that,

My nature growing up in size

And I don’t remember how?

My eyes could travel distance far

Looking a beautiful, girl just by nature

Surrendered to her long dark hair

Naturally gifted armed soldier

Blue eyes, like the sky on the high

Pretty lips taste of fresh grapes

She was a tree in the garden

Secret food to my soul from heaven

Couple apples beyond the pajama, in between

The silver necklace lain

Those are the mystery to swim in her vain.

My eyes was trucking wherever she going 

My hands stuck on the paper and pen

Unfortunately ears are always open

Heard, good morning America, was a teacher

Every eye has to be on the blackboard

All attention must be to the speaking word

Instructor, start talking about mathematics

"Today we are going to work on solving problems" Ms. Teacher said

Super words, I was happy with that thought

Hoping may help me how to solve my problems easily

Days and months went by

Still working on division and subtracting

Later on algebra and bordering

It was the end of the year, time counting

What about the addition and multiplication

Shouting my powerless question

You know what, everybody knows that

Evidence is many orphan children

If you ask them, who is your mother

Miss pain, and your father mr. crying,

My class mate Helen, was one

Nobody told her that there is addition and multiplication

As part of the rule mathematics govern

Now, she had divided and built her own borders

Far away by the grave yards

Here is why I wish I had lived far then

Free of education

And free of destruction.

I wish I had lived then,

But, wishes are always perish, selfish has peevish

My years are become anguish

Living now a day has come to vanish.

Hence, let me wish to live yesterday

The peace, the love, the purity

Respect and dignity the era was full of charity

I wish I had lived one day there

Than a century today, here

Then, money was a servant not a leader

Food was energy not a killer

Healthy doesn’t need healer

Faith was on power

Love life savior

How can I live here now?

Neighbors are blank each other

Community agreed together

Denied the truth dying forever

Country sounds an empty container

I wish I had lived out of here.

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Tecle Gebremicheal

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