Oh Sweden! Poem by Tesfaldet Ghebrehiwet

Oh! Sweden

Oh! Sweden. Oh! Sweden
What good have I done?
Except boasting with disdain
What beauty have I shown?
Except blood stained chain.

Oh! .. Sweden
Are you with Earth or heaven?
Are you human or Divine
I insult your journalist
You embrace mine
I nail my citizen
You heal his trauma and pain

Oh! Sweden
You sheltered my aunt, my uncle
You saved my fellow, my cousin
You hugged those threatened, bitten

Oh! Sweden
Are you with Earth or heaven?
I deny your humanity
You respond with dignity
You show me civility
Oh! Sweden
Are you from us or the almighty?

Sweden, where do you dwell?
I am fed up of my hell
Deafened by a tyrants blackmail
I am sensing the chains from jail
Should I go back or stay dangling?

N.B The word `his` here refers for both male and female