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 I see you And all my intestines walk out of the rivers of my womb II I see you And an earthquake from the depth of my blood begin to form III I see you And I feel it, a tsunami will blast my body very soon IV I see you And I know […]
Ghana is a state known for its peace, we have a few scratches here and there but of course, we are revered for our achievements as a peace loving nation. That women are relegated to the background most of the the time is a known fact, but we are actually working very hard on it. […]
Sweet maize Never seize to amaze It feeds all In different forms Do you want it cooked, Roasted, Grounded Or raw? Maybe you want it solid Liquid or paste like? Maize can cut it all But it has its dark side Its fermentation can cause drunkenness Drunkenness which can breed trouble Yes, perfection is a […]
I His life started as a beautiful story But horror reared its head And his life became a sight so gory Raining fear without shed II His mama almost died with worry Knowing not how that fate was led His papa was so sorry Always hiding in his bed […]
I Lord God So merciful Beyond all high thinking Rewarding the righteous with love Shalom II Lord God Shiny than brightness No eye can ever stand His sight Minds which comprehend Him go mad Father III Good God Fearful anger Which knows no appeasement And smites with a double edged sword Mighty IV Awesome His […]
I As we speak Many are on pain’s peak Knowing not how it crept on them Thinking not how to get sadness off them II As we speak Many are on sicknesses’ sticks Knowing not what they did to attract them Knowing not how they’re going to control them III As we speak Many are […]
Contagious Whatever we wear on our faces Are contagious Clothes of smiles Are contagious, Clothes of frowns Are contagious And if we wear nothing It is contagious But makes many curious So let’s wear the best To hide the rest In our head nests We might be blessing an angel And like a ball Once […]
This small larva Knew no butterflies Knew no birds Let alone know eagles But your great feet Lifted it to your great tree And introduced it To all these giants Giants so friendly Giants so supporting Giants so helpful As to turn a fly into a butterfly And implore the winds To drive it safe […]
I Sleep for keeps Sleep without weeps Sleep of lustre nights and leaps Sleep of peace Sleep serene Buy all the plots from nightmares In my dream II Sleep of peace Sleep of care Sleep of many laughs and love Revealing sleep Safety sleep I promise your investment Will yield abundantly III Sleep of keeps […]
I When souls stray Minds lead walks As the bodies go astray II When bodies go astray They do many talks But they make no headway III Why will they make headway? When their head their soul stalks And their legs can’t lead the way? IV […]
I Sky! Sky! Sky oh sky! Why are you up so so high? When land is so hard And you gently look so soft? May I ask for a smooth change? II When we trip and fall The hard stern land break our backs Without sympathy. On our backs, we do see you Regretting you […]
Beauty Is like flowers They are pretty in prime They must take good pictures to last So they can look keenly and smile when old When they do sit in arms folding They live in sole regret So do some good For you Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
I Bright sun shines Caring not that light whines Light, as in bright electricity II For electricity is no competition It will always live in the shadows of the sun Burning eyes in some contact with them III Light lives in frustration Till its death Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
Talks tend to trail To taint Disappointing days Derail Let’s look, listen, learn And leap Stop singing silly songs Sealing sorrows Our optimism Overrule When we work well We’ll win Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
The sins of the fathers Are crosses on sons and daughters Crosses heavier than their shoulders can carry If so Why are eyes of fathers closed To their personal sins? The sky heats today The handiwork of past, present and future fathers It’s end result, sky blasting On innocent children The sins of the fathers! […]
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I Sing songs from the great voice of truth Sing songs which will equally soothe For songs bright for all get most dance Songs for the half put half in trance Let the songs from Africa call For the ones made to take the fall Since time was, up to the present See it as […]
I Swimming in sweet and sour Sounding so strong and sad Struggling but striving and safe Searching for sin’s setback II Sweet sounds, sell sweet sources Sour slices, slip from this shore Sending songs scented in sorrow Sealing our safe and sound serenity Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014 […]
I Under the charming smiling moon Where all fireflies gathered to swoon We met and feel in love so real It really felt good and surreal My little coughs brought you concern, My doom doubts you always discern I thought our love was so so strong Where at all did we go so wrong? CHORUS […]
I Know this, in times past Kwaku Ananse, Ghana Taught children the right II His taunts, jeers, cunning Mostly nearly made him a Frankenstein Monster III Yet he lived on in Fresh new episodes brewing Trickeries and mischiefs IV Children loved him? Yes. Children loathed and feared his taunts Yet waited for more V Yes, […]
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Dutch Book of Hours Excerpt Illustration from library.rit.edu yesterdays piled so high birds can’t reach them and why should they try such poor nesting on withered gray clay earthen tablets dull cracks limn dull words marred depressions bear negative images pressed from illuminant erudite language of life written long…
I Wise words, said in politeness, impact In songs and rhyme, they attract Sure, hearts will contract Dirt don’t act Ooops! II Men in companionship interact In hope to bores counteract Nice! Friction is fact In great pacts Whoops! III Handle it all and make them exact Words uttered […]
When the sun suddenly quivers And the sky frightens with shivers When thunder sounds an intrusion All sky beings in hopelessness shake Calling for vain help as they break Bowing to fear in confusion We, like brooms, must come together Nudging faith a pleading further We might laugh loud after we wake Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia […]
We are like corn We give and give In many shades We can be roasted And can be boiled We can be grinded And can be broken But we keep on replacing Ourselves and others Feeding world’s hunger Helping the poor Women are givers Of tall and short Of slim and fat Of rich and […]
Tattered torns Trail no tins Turn from town Test the trends Before your bends Because metals fly free Like birds You might not know When you’ll bump into any There are many who want To see tattered tensed in dirt So will cheer the metals on Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
Plugged to the socket of deceit Swished till the view of defeat We are getting used to electrifications of shame But no! Let us not! Let’s be no plugs Neither must we give any shocks Let’s root our voices in sense Battling the unfairness of being plugged The pain of being electrified The fear of […]
I I have really learnt Silence always reigns supreme In madness of chaos II I have really learnt That anger deserts cruelly Joining accusers III I have really learnt Shame gets name in deserted Seats of rude anger IV I have really learnt I am really embracing Silence’s beauty Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
I am here Here as always Diligently at post No need to ask me to leave I am the immortal boss Who’ll be here long after you’re gone So bear with me For this is my place I come with sun Which you can utilise Your nature will determine my gift each day Smile, work […]
I Scents in high heels Rudely preceding your bearer Pulling him on strings Laughing through my toffee And spewing nonsensicals to maim my heart II Scents with noise In a loud voice Carrying daggers of separation Do you have buttocks for a seat? Do you have ears for a talk? II Please have a care […]
I Men make mockery Men marry mockery Men mock mockery; Mockery on mocked screens II Men do not mend mockery  Men mess mockery Men miss mockery Excerpt theirs on live lips III Make mocks on mocked screens Make mocks in mocked clothes Make mocks on known platforms And men will troupe fancifully to watch Yes, […]
Caring crest on crescent curse Check and cure at no cost Climb cries causing copied crochets Celestials curse the whole caboodle If I could cure playing a cello I would play and play If I could cure staging a cabaret I would stage it like a sage Dear crescent curse Living as human crosses Please cure […]
Hatred has blocked all paths Gossips are like ketchup garnishing the hatred meal Pointing-fingers are like tree of thorns Making crossing barriers impossible for us What do we do? I see you You see me We’re trying to figure it out But my family arrest me Your family arrest you In an unreasonable misunderstanding Adding […]
You have time to eat You have time to drink You have time for friends But no time for the one who hurts for you Please listen! Only goats have time for all things But those who care about them Only goats go places No matter how much they’ll hurt there Only goats love mating […]
I “Cars are nothing Money is nothing Living is nothing Let love flow” Braggarts bragging below beings’ bend II “I’ll give you stars Do you want the moon? Maybe you need the sun I could charm darkness for you” Braggarts bragging below beings’ bend III Braggarts are brats Who live in fake dreams They love […]
I Sicknesses walk And authoritatively talk On palanquins of dirt Malnutrition Stress Carelessness Gluttony Poverty  Loss Heartbreak Loneliness II Destroy those palanquins And they are non existent Your burden My burden Will be gone forever Let’s try it Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
I We seek to laugh We laugh to cry II We yearn to love We love to hate III We eat to grow We grow to die IV Why must we then try? A puzzle within a puzzle Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
I Loving you Comes with a bucket of tears On a hot coal pot Boiling hardened unyielding fears II Loving you Comes with searching broken pieces of trust Scattered in sand And mixed with gravels III Loving you Comes with a handcuff for hearts With a durable lock For imprisonment in the heat IV Loving […]
My first anthology is finally ready for purchase on Smashword for $4.99 Here is the link for purchase. I am an educational worker in an area where education of girls is not given that much importance, so the girls mostly lack confidence and consider marriage the better option. Most end up being abused, used and […]
Wake with wellness Brush your teeth with the toothpaste of smiles Bath with the soap of positivity Smear the pomade of hard work Wear the clothes of respect Gaggle with politeness Wear the shoes of dreams Use your perfume of confidence Hold the bag of hope Sit in the car of determination And move knowing you’re […]
Dream And in that dream Transform into a bird From the safety of your bed Stretch your wings And fly free having flings With the breeze which lives so high In the serene sky See it all Feel it all And if you happen to fall Heed the call of determination And rise through the […]
I A naughty fly left Its humble beautiful home To look for riches II It hovered around The food of a helpless child And ate to its fill III It saw excreta And decided to eat some It realised it stinks IV It searched more for cash And realised it has no safe To keep […]
I Arm in arm Let’s move like we swam In the rivers of beautiful but challenging Cupid Ignoring many comments like “They are stupid, Leave them be, Later they’ll see, That feeling is foolishness” II Arm in arm Let’s move like swans And step into old age’s jacuzzi Swimming as we smile and look back […]
I Get as many as four If your heart can measure And give equal love II Get as many as four If your cash can pleasure And give equal wealth III And people get as many as four Knowing not even how to love themselves Loving none having nothing IV If even God chose His […]
I Like goods, they’re transported in goods Like firewood, they are bundled to alien homes They are things sold in barter trade Oh Africa! Oh paths of lives! II Like tools, they are used and left Like the headless, they are shunned in decisions Like crumbs, they are swept as rubbish Oh Africa! Oh paths […]
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When I took this picture it was on the eve of the national political elections to elect a leader of government and his able lawmakers parliamentarians. They were supposed to make policies for this country in various regards. I captioned the photo vote wisely to get her a library to study…
Does nature sleep? I think not What’s with noise in day, Noise during night Volcanoes erupting, Tsunamis pushing water to steal from land Bush fires killing Beings corrupting, Sky depleting, Earth quaking, Day and night meeting? Does nature have a head? Does nature have ears? Does nature have eyes It truly needs to be pitied […]
Thank you Mr. Ojanpera. This piece relieved so much emotions, And I am glad it worked out right.
I Grind the hurtful past Into a debris of dust Walk on in comfort II The winds will see fit It’s route of traceless exit Once you are long gone III Even pigs eat far From their defecation zone To give life respect IV Many eyes will look Many lazy pens will book Ignore pap’razi […]
I I walked into his senses Through his lens And broke all his fences II I walked into his fences Through his many lens And  damaged all his tenses III I walked into his senses My perfume taking him to heaven And tossing him painfully to hell IV I walked into his senses Through his […]
I Wright works well to wreck Well, we wish he works well to rock Like a chicken, he pecks, and scatters Leaving no trail of his intakes He believes a real man Uses muscles to tackle women Subduing them into fear He believes one who makes women cry Is the real deal He believes, even […]
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