I take my first step to wherever
And the ugly song that sings itself in my mind echoes
“ἐba yi hena ba ni?
Agya Kodwo ba ni
Wↄnfa no nkↄ abἐ ase
Abἐ ase wↄ nsↄisↄi
Wↄnfa no nkↄto onyina ase
Onyina bἐbu abↄ me ba
Abↄ me bayi
Abↄ me bayi
Onyina bἐbu abↄ me ba
Enti me nsa yi mu a na ↄbἐda”
Haha, hahaha, mean song
Song of taunt
No one sang me that song
Yet it rings and taunts and haunts my being
As I see that lucky baby being pampered and murmured to
What unfairness!
I take another step
And Nat Brew’s Ga love song plays itself
Cruelly in my mind
“Latsa ko ni tsa me ohe he wↄ
Dani, me nkἐ bo kpe
Sumↄmↄ wiemↄ kἐ nwↄmi nwↄmↄ ko
Ne njegbἐ me wie e
enἐ mἐἐ fἐἐ kἐ me hiἐἐ daa
Hani me nsumↄ bo tsↄ Maria”
As I see a lady being seriously pursued
While I walk alone
Without even a stinky fly trailing me.
Voices in my head
What wrong have I committed?
I take many steps without looking at anything
Then a driver honks loudly with his verbal tantrums
Standing fiercely on his face
And shock registering itself on other faces
And my head goes quiet
I guess fright frightens even the haunter in my head
I take other steps and see a young woman
In a plush car
Counting lots of money with huge men standing anxiously subdued
Their hands on their backs
And this old song sings itself in my head
“Sika yἐ mogya
Sika yἐ mogya
Sika yἐ mogya ampa
Ↄnyiwoho na ἐyare
Saa na sika yἐ mogya ampa”
Now I am fuming with rage
What is this?
Why is everything spelling for me failure?
I quickly take other steps
And I reach the hospital
I see many people coming and wailing
Women being held by crying men
And the voice this time calmly sings
“Ↄkↄ ayaresa wamma
Na owuo afa no o
Oduruyἐfo no
Wantumi ansa no o
Ↄkↄ ayaresa wamma
Na owuo afa no o”
I guess I have one thing that many others wish to have
This thing that makes me walk
This thing that makes me hear the annoying voices
This thing that helps me breathe
It is not that bad after all;
This life.
Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia © 2014.
