‘You found me,’ I tell him. ‘I’ve been lost but here I am, next to you and I don’t feel empty anymore. You found the me I haven’t seen in a very long time. The me who laughs at your… 
©Adane Firde
Once upon a time, someone like me loved someone like you.
Of course, I will not go around telling them you were bad for me, even though you were. Because what would that make me?
How bad could… 
On days like this, I feel no pain.
On days like this, all the losses and heartbreaks seem like unrealized dreams.
On days like this, I am hopeful about today, tomorrow and even yesterday.
On days like this, my ability… 
©Adane Firde
ነብይም ባንሆን…እኔም አንተም እናውቃለን…
መጀመሪያ አንድ እሮብ ጠዋት ላይ እንዳየኸው ትርጉም የሌለው ህልም ትረሳኛለህ። ከነመፈጠሬም አታስበኝም። ጭራሽ ወደኸኝ ታውቅ እንደነበርም ትጠራጠር ይሆናል፤ ሰው የሚወደውን ሰው እንዲህ በቀላሉ አይረሳማ!
ነብይም ባንሆን… እኔም አንተም እናውቃለን…
ቀናት ከዛም ወራት ሲያልፉ ከነአካቴው… 
Do you remember, the first time you said my name you added ‘ዬ’ and it annoyed me. I told you, you shouldn’t use ‘ዬ’ for strangers. You said, ‘You don’t feel like a stranger, you feel like home, my home,… 
You know it, I know it, we both know it.
What we had wasn’t love. It may have felt like it but we know it wasn’t.
I mean the way you hugged me with your fingers caressing my hair felt… 
Wounded little bird
What has you so undone?
The picture that you painted
has become so muddled
Ahhh… but dear one
Isn’t that what you wanted?
To break your heart
so that you can feel?
To feel the consequences
of…