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. :)
When an angel falls in the dark There is no place light has no mark All hidden routes are made visible Impossibilities then become possibilities She, without wings, is the she, bearing goodness I, in the dark, am the one, liberated Thousand tongues cannot sing your praise If I do ask considering the level […]
When legs lift the balls At all ambitious goals’ calls Nets cry, touched by balls II As a section falls Another does climb joy’s walls Worshipping the balls III Goal, goal, goal; the calls Where we will head are the malls We are the stand-talls IV All those with the galls Just because you took […]
Baron bought bread brought by Berth Beating Ben by bribing Berth Brewing beverages bought by Ben Belittling Brown by buying beef Brought-up by Brown’s best boys II “Bring my bread Bring my beverage Bring back my beef in the best bowl” But Baron boasted by biting the last bite Betting Both Ben and Brown That […]
“Oh saintly mermaid! One with a heavenly touch! You are the breath I need to have! II Oh beautiful princess Of a higher kingdom Look down in love On this pitiful patient of love” III Ordinary Abea Thought she had landed Looked down and danced For the one who beckoned in humility IV The dance […]
“He would buy me some shoes Which would themselves give boos We will never slip in twos Because we work well as twos” II These are words from novices You all need some services Your minds do have some crevices So come for the services III Even those bonded by bands Showing always on their […]
“Bone of contention? He lived with a chain of thoughts Ringing in his mind II Kong tang yang kang kong! They rung, rung, rung rung non-stop Until Pantan called III Those loads he carried Those in his goodness married Shunned him totally IV Funny how life sailed There was no burden of guilt None asked […]
When busy legs lie Being neglected by hearts which sigh Watching others move As minds think of all its loss Doom blankets future wishes II Will I ever rise? Will I ever leave like them? Will I ever laugh? Will I ever get my wish? Dilemic songs sing themselves III If God watches now Let […]
Deep within hearts Are yearnings never to be satisfied Many dramas never to be acted Hurts turned shame never to be seen Tears buried under pride never to be dug Words hidden in fear balloon never to burst And so the story is never complete As seated deep our these hidden In a safe like […]
Caused by uncontrolled division of abnormal cells, cancer grows to take lives, irrespective of personalities and fame II Early detection Is needed for a fair fight Once outweighed; no hope So stop tobacco intake Eat well, cut down alcohol III Exercise is key Learn to enjoy monrning sun Do practice safe sex Green tea is […]
HE She is the sun The sun I yearn for a tan So all can see I’m a man A man who can face any gun SHE He is the moon The moon which makes me swoon The moon I need for a cocoon Because the moon makes night noon HE Can I bribe the […]
Pretty as flower Rotting within, sharp contrast Oh hearts of the gods! II You have soothing words “He whom the gods love dies young” Ye gods, please hate me! III I don’t need your love! I do not need your warm love! But your protection! IV Let me win this time Let me win again, […]
When farms of greens are cultivated And the farmers are without harvesting tools And the farmed lack the strength of nutrition Chaos abounds How these farms get farmed By allowing the farmers to farm to harm Beats minds which care for ready farms Please get green farms to term Please get green farms to grow […]
When orphans are slapped In the confines of protection By “saints without, monsters within”, Whose eyes can penetrate for knowledge? II When little orphans Who know no difference between the words Pray and play are made to fast For two weeks, which blessed Satan can go to their rescue? III All they feel is hunger […]
Selling sin sores Satan saw such seal; Saints seek supremacy, So Satan sold to series of saints II “Send sinners to the stakes” Supposed saints say in symphony Silly, scents of sins Sorrowfully stay on the saints III Stop sending sinners to the stakes Saints are sentenced to sell sins too And if saints say […]
After her lips was kissed by the harmattan which left its peels as her souvenirs, she resolved to begrudge rain which failed in its rescue and like one fighting her soul, she basked herself in her madness II She boxed with revenge and was punched by thirst still, she boxed with hatred and was punched […]
After my parting I hope the world remembers not The stench of my farthings And only sees the marks of my sweeping broom II After my parting I hope none cries for gains lost And that my only son lives Growing in pride over my short existence III After my parting I hope […]
The internet rocks Being the gossip which knows all And readily shares II As just as it can It produces all it’s given Like a tutored child III So many regret When their weaknesses are keyed Looking for cover IV Those with self goodies Always need circulations For fame and stardom V It is the […]
Tamale is no doubt a motor bike zone but the motor bikes have now turned into the murderers of the young. Three years ago, my mother who went to the Tamale Teaching Hospital told me about a motor accident which crushed a young man’s head leaving his body jerking for minutes on a stretcher, obviously […]
And the Dr. said to calm They would never do her harm But on whose ticket was she there? School fees of needers? Feeders of hunger? And the pressure tend to be up She didn’t want to be there Dr. flips; “You can’t tell me what to do” Her anger, the patient’s anger Araba knew […]
Who needs to hold the tail And suffer a fail When even after the uprooting of the “f” What remains is ail? And after all the suffering to get the “a” off, What still remains attract another “l” To show “ill”? None! II But a fail throws a ladder For a climb to the top […]
Harmattan effects; Burning fresh leaves, kindling ills Favouring orthodox? II Attacking the nose Scratching and biting the chest Murder in cold blood? III When your pinch shivers As your air wrinkles like cloth Of linen, your problem? IV You’ll say I accuse Unfairly, but you know how Right I am. My chest! V Leave my […]
Obroni, If you need to know Why my skin is coal I’ll bless you now With some knowledge bow *** Mama cooked me in her special pot With fire from the sun And work from her womb Turning me in and turning me out *** Yes, mama cooked me in her special pot I knew […]
I miss, I miss, I miss The plays which lived in the past When the sun went to sleep All the children gathered to play in a circle As the alien runs round Looking for an alien to join the circle And the circle sang this song “Antowankire ei! Tinkon! Dwaaso mankani Tinkon! ɛtↄ a ne […]
Originally posted on Espiritu en Fuego/A Fiery Spirit:
Life as a Void Consisting of Only Time and Eternity An exploration of Emptiness, Nothingness, Inner and Outer spheres/realms of being Do women occupy the inner sphere/sanctum of purity? Is the enclosed female space a sign of sanctity whereas the open hinged male space the spirit…
Carrying the heaviest house Knowing it can’t compete a sick mouse The tortoise still moves in search Of its daily manna II Knowing a step-on is its horrid accident And the steppers would never give it a lament The ant still moves in search Of its daily manna III Even the lions know their Zions […]
You hold my thighs When you hear my sighs And you see dark drawing dawn nigh But your bites tend to be high II What, to you, I did That you’ve placed on my head a bid That none can cancel, not even God forbid! Makes me search for balms God hid III Please leave […]
Behold Ghana Has lifted the Banner And though the Savannah Rather listens to adverts of Sultana And Guinea has a Forfana Hearts are beaming Hypocritically leaning Praying for their continuing And eventual winning II They are the famous Black Stars Who shine bright even in the dark Disappointing pessimists till their mouths are ajar A […]
I’ll put you in a song Where you really belong From when you came along To the time you run along CHORUS For you were the rain Which promised me gain But drove me insane In a long short lane II You said you were among Those who many do long Because your sweet sweet […]
Who gave it breath? To eat and live And act like the wolf Which eats beings without fangs? II Who gave it eyes To see all colours To judge and harm Souls of beings with no known knives? III Who wore it clothes To make it perfect To taunt all beings Who’re being flogged by […]
When our days go to sleep And end our wondering which is so steep I know we will all take the leap Wanting or not wanting to take a peep II We assume the sound of goodness Will give nice chairs of softness As the sound of wickedness Flog many to helplessness III These grave […]
“I need to rap No one should tap I’m not on laps When impressed, just give some claps II I’m now a bird I’m not on a bed So why are your eyes red When I’m building my shed? III Let me live like an eagle And soar like an eagle No need to act […]
When turtles swim into the shore Hoping to see the ones before Little do they know what waits in store If only they knew seas have no law II When baby eagles wait in bore Hoping to be the flyers at the fore Showing mothers they can take the tour Little do they know about […]
What is a writer without self? A writer needs eyes A writer needs ears A writer needs a mouth To ask to know A writer needs legs A writer needs a heart Hands can be borrowed But trusted hands are needed Like the ladle in a porridge on fire A writer is the centre Of […]
By the grace of the Almighty God, the posters are out. My very first book launch will be on March 15, 2015. If you can, please be there, it’ll mean a lot to me.
God, I need a date A date which cannot wait So I can show you my plate Before I become late II God I need a date A date to strengthen my fate By knowing all my baits And securing all my gates III Oh Lord give me that date To know the root of […]
The church calls Won’t you heed to the call of change? The church calls through the voices of cocks Won’t you wake to the sounds they make? Wake to the sounds of the fashionistas Wake to the sounds of the “lusters” Wake to the sounds of pastors who mentor on beds with passion Wake to […]
Wrapped in beauty Are the rots with shiny eyes Booting goodness With their long legs of deceits and fancy II Wrapped in the rots Are the goodness sent to hell By heads doped in the rot Into the reverence of its essence III A world, so harmed By bad, so wrong Yet minds, don’t think […]
Television hosts in Ghana hardly impress me especially when they host interview programmes but The Delay Show blew me away the first time I watched it. I felt the host had depth, could push, could intimidate, and knew how to get the answers she needed (And she still does) and so hardly a session pass […]
Dear lover afar Listen to the vibes from me To know and read signs I will send the winds to you To deliver our meet-times II I will bribe all trees Especially the wawa And huge odum trees Sapele too, for our good I dream to cage mosquitoes III Since ethnicity Has mouths with tongues […]
I no want be man Why I go dey want be man? Woman dey be waaa II Them no dey fit cry Them always dey shave shave beard Wet dreams, na wetin? III I no want be man Africa pressure no small For man, them sweat pass IV Them always dey beg […]
When craving pangy bells did rang She lovingly caressed to ease the stress Fuming and threatening that which gnawed With laws which seemed outlawed To make me see that one is flawed When he, she or it, gets to my bad side Increasing love was never cherished Until the mouth of the grave opened And […]
I wanted to see I had my own dreams of what it’ll be; Having massages and drinking tea Receiving much love without a fee Being the she never cheated by a he Feeling surreal loving all and me But it was never what I dreamt it’ll be II I began to see That everything was […]
Mama, Fears now walk on metal legs Holding huge metal pegs Pegging hearts through words Spewed from mouths of math phobias like flawed surds II Mama, They walk on minds like end times Wearing clothes of signs picked from Holy Books which rhymes Using the gateways of ears and eyes Confusing minds against the […]
Maker of guava Who is a lover And ever ready to deliver Please deliver And stop my quiver It makes me shiver In my liver Make me a diva In life’s river And I’ll be a giver And I’ll never Let you my lover End like a fowl in a silver Just let many say […]
I, am glad for the faces which looked, clicked read, commented and or liked 2 I, Can’t express the love, I feel, for the many, who boost this confidence, with legs, so tiny 3 So I say; thanks for the love thanks for the read thanks for the many many likes thanks for the words […]
When dangling bells Sound to their importance sell My chest pots do bell II They do bell and tell Of trees of God’s perfection Seeking reaction III Do they produce fruits No matter their hoarding years? My heart calms its fears IV I’m the only house Of mobile humanity Made by the […]
I need a light To lighten my path As I take a stroll In my static state Like a lying statue II I need a light To show me all The stumps The stones And the trappy pits III I need a light To show me faces So I can know One who goes my […]
Untouched apples Flaunt, mount, taunt, and haunt Until eyes force streams in mouths And mouths gulp for bodies to drown In the wants of un-haves II When the apples fall In hot pots of thoughts it caught Teeth bite with vigour and stride Diminishing of wants Come with every bite III Then the wars starts […]
Garlic A delicacy in sauce A good cleanser Infection battler Heart lover Calms blood pressure, Like a great soldier at war, In moderate doses Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
Maame told me not to wriggle Because it will make many eyes do the tickle But a step from leg come with a wriggle And I saw no eyes do the tickle So I wriggled my wriggle On my many leggy workings II I met Apia on the way to farm One Monday and I […]
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