Just a simple Ghanaian trying to find the best in our society. I may be fun, I may be interesting, I may be funny, I may even be foolish or intelligent, but it is all based on the mood in which you find yourself. I believe our minds make us who we are. Know that, pain, no matter its 'unbearability', is transient. Unburden or delight yourself for a while in my writings please. And all corrections, advice and opinions are welcome. Know that you are the king, queen or royal on this blog. :)
I am hoarding a lioness In the cave of my heart Yet smiling like the sun Deceiving the depressed As if I am cool II It can be raining cats and dogs in blood Flooding the cave and killing its space But even in the darkest of times The moon appears on my face […]
A master sent a cat on a dangerous mission It went like a wind And came like a breeze All breaths for a minute seized II The dog got jealous and barked for the same mission It went like a wind But never returned All hearts, for it, burned III Then all animals decided to […]
We are still on the mission to fence the Yumba Special School to keep the students safe. All donations are welcome. I can’t imagine my child lost in some thorny forest, hungry and afraid. Special kids at Yumba knows no boundaries and so we must create a boundary for them to be safe. We have […]
Young inks bleed All digging to plant seeds Seeds for a great tree Which will shelter their future II Some will dig shallow holes Because like the parable of the farmer Weeds grow with plants So winds or birds will destroy some plants III Those prepared like Job in the Bible Will dig and grow […]
Kwaku gave Ama a stone A white nice stone as a gift of love She kept the stone like a saint And worshipped its very grounds II It so happened that a flood came by Stared at the stone and Ama’s family And swept all of them into the belly of death Ama searched and […]
He had a huge title on his book But hid words associated not in the same book Many read the title in jealousy Knowing not it stood not For what lies therein Until Abugri had the urge to open and read Whereas the title was as dark as ebony The words hidden were as red […]
Oboi sat ready to earn From the little the teacher had to teach Little did he smell the storm Brewing into his class-made dorm II A beautiful lady sat on his right Another hot lady sat on his left Then his stomach contracted Reminding him of the mixtures of beans and eggs he married And […]
There was a war That seemed to loom I waited and sought your face You said nothing and took your pace But I knew I didn’t need to lift a finger Because you would decide And yes, you deliver II I love the fact That you are my God and father I love the […]
Jehovah is my witness He is my witness That I do carry the right messages But many want none of it None, none at all II He is my witness; Jehovah I went to Papa Ofosu’s house Immediately he saw me, He rushed into his neigbour’s bathroom like a lost cat And asked him […]
A man stood at the podium Calling himself “the fire man” Shouting blessings Shouting cursings Until the trial moment came II A child of eight, run to the temple Panting in a frenzy Shouting in fear Of the unimaginable So the audience asked “What at all is it?” III Like a Satanic messenger He unfolded […]
Dreams Reality, myth Sleeping, revealing, unrevealing Wishes, fears,  fantasies, confusion Hailing, hurting, controlling Happiness, sadness Impression Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
The sky must be female Goes through all cycles It can pick a thunder seed And let the world hear of its delivery II It can get pregnant With clouds, the sky, And make sure the earth is soaked like a cotton cloth Sometimes hoarding triplets by adding thunder and lightning III It picks seed […]
Ride in stride The donkey beneath Ride in stride Thinking not of a drop in trot Whip and equip Its ego to grow Like a giant hiding a killer punch It will hide its ears and throw you down You’ll be grateful if you end up down town With broken bones and aches holding a […]
Until you decide, I will wait like a fallen priestess Praying and hoping for You to get me out of this dilemma And help me choose my path On this crossroad II Until you decide I will keep my toffee wrapped Keeping you in suspense Whipping up your curiosity On what you could have had […]
I know you are a good enemy football player But trust me, your most skilful dribbling, Make them more than C. Ronaldo’s, Will be my healthy trainings Your trials at long shots Will always go to the corner Or like an overfed eagle’s shot, You will send them flying in the heavenly air Your headings […]
What if I told you I met you even before Your head thought of a loving union? II You were like an angel High up in the sky Looking down at me As I looked up adorably III You had many around And were confused for a moment But a second look at me And […]
Birds fetch water, Lift their mouths to show their maker, Before the water descends the ladder of their throats That is gratefulness Be like birds for each breath Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
We are like wick Dressed in wax We are like stick Which fire needs to fax II We are like gas Bottled in use We are like a working bus Bombed-set in fuse III We think time’s heels wane We are that insane Time builds strength with age While we exit the stage Amoafowaa Sefa […]
Who has seen a drunk Craving for a drink Amidst pots of liquor With no owners And still sees none Even in his sanity? II I am now like the drunk One who lives in words And has dined with most Seeking some great words Just to express mood Of an surreal feeling By one […]
Could you be just name and fame? Could your spirit be all fake and lame? Why will you and your sons Replace your taste form slaves to leopards? Did you not know what leopards were Did you not know leopards never give their paws freely? Or did you plan a huge royal massacre? Were the […]
Fill the belly of every second Please make them full So they can see the strength end Of their minutes And ultimately have them pulled II Light the fire of every minute Training in work to have them wake And like the ant cherishing the minute They will smoke out your hour III Whip up […]
Slaps were his claps Traps his silly craps Painful taps were his maps Straps of his pains my soundless raps So I always wore caps Until you came to break his hurtful rhyme I know you are my love’s prime He was my made up crime Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
I need I need I need me a one With no hawk’s eye for talent II I need I need I need me that one Who will look into my soul III I need I need I need me a one Who can erase all my sadness IV I need I need I need to […]
Now I can sing my song Because the sky has finished washing its face And sun’s coming footprints Have been licked by time II Now I can sing my song Because the sun sits comfortably On its throne Facing and brightening its lively audience III Now, I can sing my song Decorum has gone to […]
In Tamale, They cry like humans Never leaving traces Of they being ons all fours II Their children can imitate babies With their shrills which give chills Leaving no trace That they are on all fours III The Billies have their bass Croaking like a high commander on heat No traces at all That they […]
Going in grand style? Smiling to make me wild? Please be patient And listen to what you’ll be missing II If you are my sky You successor will be my heaven Yes, my everlasting heaven Making him your boss Can you carry that cross? III If I give you pleasure I would certainly take him […]
Yesterday, a very good friend of mine; Sylvanus Bedzrah, nominated me to tell the world what makes me a Ghanaian. Well, I’ve thought it through and these are the things. 1. My name is Abena Amoafowaa Tawia Mansah Sefa Cecilia; Abena, a name I gained after touching the Ghanaian ground on a day ordained by […]
Life pulls pain from one And turns it laughter for another Abena, I can’t comprehend its genesis Let alone find its revelations II Dawn cries And plants and most living things flourish I can’t take out sky weepings Because rain gives more life than take Strange, this side of life III Animals cry being murdered […]
“Aaaah! I say he has changed And will always remain so” The elders say Only the child sees the eyes of the crab As a stick, Look at Selina now She too told me She was the wind of change in his life When his pleasures waned She said she was blinded By Cupid’s thick […]
When the storms roar And the rains set in You will hear the vultures say “After the rains, we’ll build our huts” II When the rains do wane And the sky smiles You’ll hear the vultures say “We need no structure To tame our wings The best is flying without opening gates” III We are […]
If you are mine The seas of lust Can swallow you Like pythons swallow beings But will vomit you at my doorstep When the time is right II If you are mine Alcohol and dope Can hide your brains And make me a stranger In your high site But will return it and make you […]
It’s sad, those pushed to school Are mostly those who learn to fool Eventually acting as many a stool And being used as many a tool II It’s sad, those who has heads Make the many beds For those who know no sheds To hurt the gentle with many reds III It’s a horror Which […]
Horror can rain Terror can maim But time’s long legs Never cease to run II Hearts can stop Hurts can harm But time’s long legs Never cease to run III Shame can tame Risks can shatter But time’s long legs Never cease to run IV “Ko ko ko” Oh “ka ka ka” Time’s long legs […]
I remember that day When my seed took ill In the waist of night Left with no mobility, You woke and became my weakened legs And saw me to the healing centre I had no eyes, but I really saw II I remember when Korle-bu called And I was left at the cross-road of need […]
Walk like a king No matter what annoying bells ring Because you are the sky Which a great moon yearns to embrace II Walk like a god No matter who gets bored For you are that spirit That a great priestess worships III Smiles must make your miles All suns must create you tiles All […]
Pants of can’ts Excuses in rants Even firewood crave fire Wanting to lead in light Wanting to be a star bright Although being in ashes is no delight But you, like a firefly, tease with your faint glow Saying this and saying that On a day when emotions weep For a play in your tower […]
Throwers of filth In the belly of drains Builders of mansions On the breathes of rains Oh rears whose chamber pots are mouths of seas Fie! Fie! Fie! You live lives of lies When your index fingers find others as offenders Of drowning and ills You need to know your pills II Carers of mandates […]
Me, I can’t share my man o I am no hypocrite so I won’t lie I met a terror called jealousy When I saw a taken-cuddling meant for me I never knew its claws really lived deep down my guts When it decided to show It was like a lioness tearing my soul There I […]
Dawn can’t begrudge the cock’s crow It is its companion It is its friend It maybe its enemy But it makes it a star As some wake to see it At the sound of a cock’s crow II Lawn cannot begrudge dawn It owes it part of its colour Like the bed of a princess […]
She is my carer One who drummed my coupling One who forced a joining But like a stubborn child who learns She begs that I stay me Getting a one hoarder of life With a sense of responsibility Weeping her mistakes As to how she came to couple *** Which is which? What is what? […]
Twisted tattered tingly things Taunt in towering tormenting tests Tempers tower in trending taps A tactful treasure is needed to turn II Turn or burn Taint or train Tag or tailor It takes a treasure to be traced in tests Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015Â Â
Mouths in shouts Releasing arrow words in sharps Aiming at my being Know that I am as swift as an eagle And armoured like God’s soldier So I keep going higher II Tongues like serpents Hissing my biography Wanting a slaughter Of my name and fame to have me tamed Don’t bother My name is […]
Choices are like riddles of God He sprinkles them and allows minds to discern Yesterdays beget todays Todays are mothers of tomorrows And todays are us Kwaku Ananse’s naughty decisions in Ghanaian folktales Earned his generations “the cunning tags” There is no one God for every being If we are all God’s children Then wisdom, […]
I don’t know what to do I am like a nail With a magnetic force Which uses all its strength to repel magnets But I am now locked in a greater force II I don’t know what to do He is everything I dislike: Location, God-channels And all But I feel trapped Like a mouse […]
Our guest post is a beautiful, very beautiful (no exaggeration) lady inside out. She is a fashion designer, a motivator, an inspiration, a Ghanaian patriot with a golden intelligent head on her head. She is one of the stars of Africa where innovation in creativity is concerned. She is none other than Awura Abena Agyeman. […]
A weird thing, in Accra, Â sat Sputtering and mumbling “tar” Until it said it was called day II Day which was new But had many problems dew The first after a terror flood III It is going to be used It won’t get the privilege Of seeing the lazy in action IV It would die […]
Emotions dance in veins of the holies And I am a holy The weather’s fan is fanning vain whims And I have a vain whim The sky’s complexion is dark and light And I am the sky At this point, fans are suicide Air conditioners, murder The air is rudely entering pores without knocking And […]
Some sit like a congregation Others look like they are on relegation Some are buried in books like they had illiterate suicide Fashionistas are comparing Lookers are watching Uninspirers are down Different languages compete for attention It is a community like the failed of the rich Garnished by a coconut tree A learning zone like […]
Oh He dressed sky beings with glow So they will be visible to eyes so low He dressed the man with strength So they could guard protection’s length He dressed the woman with beauty So she could charm in surety He even knows the shy sky Would need privacy for her nudity So dresses her […]
Roastings and drownings Fire and water Ghana has seen another May nine But tear gas folds its arms in innocence Nature meets artificial Fire holds the hands of water And harvest lives in horrible hunts Leaving us awed II We are crying Because fear stands holding his whip We are mourning our future selves […]
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