Why sit and whine when

you can have some wine?

Art and poem by Nahom Assefa

Why sit and whine when you can have some wine?

Let vines lift your heart with flowing divine.

The gods don’t weep, they raise a cup instead,

And joy is found where grapes are crushed and bled.

So cast aside your cares and drink with ease,

For in this cup, all the sorrows cease.