by Abdi-Noor Hagi Mohamed
Is Somalia a new front of terror or is it a terror laboratory to conduct experiments of terrorism?
What is happening to us is far beyond the ability of our minds to comprehend with. But who do we blame for this failure? Nobody but ourselves. We used our tribal entities in the most destructive form by mixing it with politics. We have planted the tree of terror and irrigated it with the blood of the innocent. Now it is time to reap the fruits of disaster. Think of a way (ways) we can save our country and people. Don't just fool yourself with the complacency that only one group shall be affected by the current winds of change in Somalia.
Please share this poem with me:
In the pot of anarchy
A nation is melting
Its walls are cracking
It is bonds are breaking
Its past is boiling
It is future is brewing
Its history is tumbling
Its language is dying
Its culture is drowning
its identity is weeping
Like an escaping steam
Its people are evaporating
It's name is Somalia
It is a victim of its location
It is a victim of its waterways
It is a victim of its seaports
It is a victim of its resources
it is a victim of its oil reserve
It is a victim of its own people
It is a victim of tribal wars
Wars raging inside wars
Wars between brothers
Brothers killing brothers
Brothers of same blood
Spilling blood of brothers
Homogeneity is a blessing
But in Somalia it is a curse
Similarity of their difference
Is a lesson worth learning