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Home ArticlesExpert VoicesPrize-Winning Poems, 26 June, CVT Ethiopia-Tigray Published June 26, 2020 In honor of 26 June, 2020, the UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, CVT Ethiopia-Tigray held a poetry contest. We are proud to share these three winning poems this year.CVT By: Tesfalem SahileCVT organization is our partner, a real partnerPeople let’s go to the concerned organizationThere is an organization called CVTIt is always open without saying holidays.It always there opening its services day and nightIt is saying let’s stand together to stop rape,It is saying call to me, when there is a rape,It is saying let’s fight against rape,It is saying let’s fight against violence, before it founds its rootsIt is saying let’s listen and approach CVT before it constructs its house.It is saying let’s collaborate without wasting time,It is saying just report, counselling is open.It has a support to provide with you,Its counselling is interesting,Just approach CVT, don’t pass ignoring itJust visit CVT, and taste its counselling.It is saying welcome, opening its doors and time for you,Counselling is always there, CVT welcomes you.It is saying release your heavy stonesApproach it, ask it, and line up under its umbrella.CVT is saying ‘help your selves’, it has something to provide for youIt is welcoming you opening its doors, to provide you its counsellingIt is saying ‘help your selves’, opening its doors day and night.It lightens the difficult one, it approaches the withdrawn oneLet’s go together to benefit from counsellingJust ask it, approach it in order to believeIt is saying let’s gain, do not lose.Let’s go it’s good to stay with CVTBrothers, sisters it’s too bad to be aloneLet’s go it’s good with CVT,Let’s go, let’s go!###Man for a ManBy Mihretab F.Things are unfair in this world.A broken promise in the course of trustViolence with torture and scars of painThere is a lot of story in this mysterious worldWhen a man is at some better positionTends to use the other man, andStares at, to oppress what the other possessMan’s behavior is difficult to explainMan laughs while the other criesA man is hungry while the other eatsDoes man forgets the common deathMan who distributes distress to threaten your mindWho pays the costs of torture through slaveryWho causes anxiety, to lose your mentalityA man who conspires many things to spoil a man.If he would get the chance to own the sunMan might blame the earth for hurting a manOr might push and through the earth to the grounds not to stand strongOh, Man! Who multiplies, adds, subtracts itself.After seeing many things be it be good for meWho cares about others’ painA man who judges a man by his positionWho is to provide justice for those who are hurtMan teaches, changes a manA man can activate the spoiled mindMan tricks a man, and buries him in the groundA man can do whatever he/she wants for a man.###JUST LEARN FROM HIMBy Guesh FishaleHe steps into migration while he was still a childHe started his journey leaving his familiesAnd, he started his journey at the very nightWithout knowing where his destinations beHe steps ahead, without knowing his directionAnd, while he still doesn’t have a friend to accompanyThus, he became stressed alone from time to time.He was too young to balance on his thoughtsHe experiences torture, rape and become helplessHe started to worry and cry aloneHe lost his cognitions as result of psychological distressDue to lack of sleep, he becomes calm lessAnd, despairs about the taste of life.What to report? For he has been through too muchChallenges and difficulties!But afterwardsHe steps to learn at CVTAfter many ups and downsTo get hope and taste of lifeHe starts to balance on his thoughts,Became very satisfied by what he learntAnd, considering all that he comes throughHe says thank you loudly.For He learns from CVT that…how to untie the tied ropeHow to feed the hungry belly,How to satisfy the thirsty throatAnd, how to heal the tortured life. Yes of course! Know what you do not knowand ask which you don’t understandAbout what CVT does . . .And tell to your friends,Spread it and tell to everyone.Share this Article
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