I need a ladder On cloud’s palace To see the weather And count the malice I need some goggles In the air To judge our struggles And make it fair No need for one to suffer Not fair for one to enjoy If we all suffer fair We will work like a […]
Author: amoafowaa
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 Once a boy from Africa saw A white boy from America He asked “hey boy why are you coy?” The white boy said “I’m from America” II He couldn’t play because of heat And felt so bad because of food He ate leaves and […]
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A STONE AS STAR (CONSTANZA)
I It shone like a star from afar Attracting me to run to it As I got closer its light lit II My strength soared and nothing mar The zeal to own this precious light I reached, saw and it was mere stone III Oh how can you act like a star? Wasting my strength […]
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FEMINISTIC WAR (STACCATO)
I We need to pile our hope, to save our souls We need to catch that rope, to help our souls Get up! Get up! Be a book worm And watch, learn, if you fall, don’t squirm Wake, ye nations of procreation and love […]
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THE POOR LAMB (SONNET)
The lamb follows its master with respect Knowing not its fate, but obeying right The rope on its neck, pulls tightly, no suspect Until it sees the abattoir’s faint light It watches as the butcher sharpens knives Watches as the-hungry-for-meat-child sweeps And watches as celebrants give hi-fives Still it, like a good servant, keeps its […]
Closed Petals Open hands To embrace the Sun II Dawn Shifts for Sun’s brightness And jealously Weeps III Fear makes the Cricket hide In the dark to Cry IV All Living Have their goals For their steps, mine; Peace Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
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STRIVING (ETHEREE)
Striving from the stone quarry, amidst heat Amidst hunger, kneeling at pain’s feet And thinking of poor younger ones I run marathons, sold my soul Kissed dirty feet and dined With pigs who like the Wicked, snorted Retorted Kicked me Hard II I still struggle so much to wriggle free But it seems Satan needs […]
I was born a pear And was cut in two Now that I need my pair, My pair is missing, and I want to sue II Where is my pear? My pair of pear! I need my pair I’m not ready to share III I need that pair To help protect my seed Now it’s […]
The beautiful crab Had tons of friends And shirked rehab Which was the advice from all ends II Her head’s beauty surpassed all All living things left their hearts for her She was the goddess who made all fall Until she took in drinks to her body unfair III She, trusting her friends, slept In […]
Can you see? See what Ofori did Did you know he also stole? Stole meat and ate on a lid? II You might not also know Know that he urinated Urinated on the-wall The wall of the church highly rated II He also killed the-cat The-cat which saved his life once Once when he laid […]
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AMOASTAS (JUST ME)
I Beaming billows Writhing willows Crying crevices Shedding services II Sinful streams Selling screams Freeing foes Littering lows III I walk And I talk I shock And I rock IV I swing And I sing Hate me I’m still me Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
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PAIN OF SHAME (FLORRETE)
I You can say she had no night sleep Her hungry stomach all night weep So she rushes to get the train Watches not, runs, and falls in a ditch clearly deep II She thinks of the job appointment Sees herself in disappointment Who is her guardian angel now? His or her job is a […]
LIFE Sublime Contorted II Wires of recklessness Tangling and tearing breaths I fret at its thoughts always III Help me through in laughter not pain Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
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A WORLD OF AWE (THE ALOUETTE)
I The air we breathe now Helps in life endow I ask how our breathes do fail When air runs around And plays life’s good sound Again how do our breathes fail? II Beings crave immortal Yet are like portal What’s the secret of living? Bodies in awe grow Blood in streams do flow Yet […]
Mum told me to take Christ as king To also go to church and sing And believe in good guards with wing II She said those guards have life contracts with the Almighty God To follow and protect me with an unbreakable sword In the spirit where no amount of money can afford III Mama […]
The bright shinning stars Playing sweet songs on your sky Tell tales of undying love My heart will travel To your chest to merge as one And travel to the unknown Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
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CLOSE TREES
These nice warm arms Were not made as arms Yours are huge Sweet refuge Please let me Run in and be II These nice mouths Weren’t made for shouts Yours are thick Sweet for my pick Please close it And let mine fit II The hands of time Has caused no crime But it […]
Bubbly blooming and winding winds Catching caressing in mean massages Causing cravings, love and life Standing sitting no patience nor peace Storms stand in dense dungeons Waving win flash in flowing flaws Reigning regrets, wishes don’t win. Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014 (This poem is for those who intend to kill themselves, it is […]
Waakye sits in the hot pot Calling for shito Mixed gari watches salad And nod happily Welcoming hunger Awesome food Mmmm! Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
I How I love my soobolo Sitting chilled sweetly This fresh drink from Africa Cools the heart nicely II Leaves generous with colour When it meets waters Sugar and ginger powder ‘Wisa’, its perfecters! Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
I The chicks scurry off Trying to hide from the hawks Their wings cannot fly Their weak chirping are not heard They see the shade of hawk frames II Their mothers weep loud To their fathers who sigh loud They try to set traps The specific trap breaks fight Whose must be the potent one? […]
I I need a light to help me shine Without a whine And gift me right When I’m in sight II I need a knife to carve and mould And clear and hold To make me bold And not me sold III I need that smile to bright my day And help me say I […]
Snakes Beautiful, smooth zigzagging, hissing, slithering Friendly, watchful, smart, fearful chatting, hurting, poisoning Swift, elegant Serpents Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
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THINK RIGHT (NAANI)
Negative thoughts If not fought Become rocks Which block successes’ docks Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
In this sanctuary I wish to last a century Blowing hot goodness In this sanctuary I wish we form a country To share right kindness In this sanctuary I’m looking for luxury In love’s sanctity Help me breath this out To let all hearts heal […]
Oh ye bats Hold on to thy bats Hitting the air To trouble stir Please bats Put down your bats Your meat is sweet But now hides deceit We have no thought Of you being caught Your delicacy is in the […]
Laughter as infectious as ebola, must stand and be made to rule our poor land today Because teeth of decay plague the mouth of the earth sending loud painful sounds all over the land Laughter which stands supreme and can bring tongue, teeth and […]
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ACROSTIC LIFTER
Your success cries from afar Over the mountain of despair Under the lid of the heat Win over thoughts of giving up Ill thoughts of ending it all Leaning whispering audibly to your ears Let it know you hear the cries Getting to you from […]
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LIFE’S CALL
As we do this rope weave And the unseen sieve does us sieve And we all stand to fall Like weak trees in storm’s call We just have to strengthen our thread As we step, step by step And our breaths do us prep And the […]
(Today is a day set aside to educate people on the need to treat mental patients with love and care, so I understand, this is my bit of contribution.) Electrical circuits touch in rooms Electrifying in high pain Until pain gives way to thoughts unburdened In […]
Illuminated She stands in crepuscular Knowing not her next Would the next be day? Would it be absolute night? She stands scared waiting One would be tempted To think her light would stand out Blinding grave darkness But no, only she Sees her […]
For a hole to hide its finger When nobody is watching It shuns its precious little wingers And goes hunting in a sunny scorching It knows it is in danger But thinks of the warm little hole It dreams of the finger in a manger And desires […]
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TO THE PREACHER WHO YEARNS
Thou art an earth idol Thy heart is not thine Thy soul dwelleth in the temple of Jah Like a congregation in a church Though honour and piousness do ye fortify Thy yearnings must be buried like a dead being None liveth wiith […]
Who preaches to the preacher When he needs preaching? Who motivates the motivator When he needs motivation Who tends to the only doctor When he is chronically ill? Who will hold the hands Of the holder? I stretch my hands As I close my eyes Picturing God And asking who gods […]
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MOTIVATOR
In that dark, Without a mark, In that sight without a light, Know no frights, Know no bites, Yours is might And being bright, You’ll win that fight Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
Wriggle, tickle and giggle You are probably just a fickle Who will your object tickle Until it gets you sickle’ Wriggle, tickle and giggle You can be a diddle You’ll get the tag of a money fiddle And will control them to at your steps jiggle […]
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GOD’S CHOICE
God can’t afford your hatred sword So he let’s you on your own accord To choose and ask when you see He’s lord For his opinion and to invite Him on board God can’t afford your hatred sword So he leaves you free to not […]
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CHILDISH DREAMS
One day I’ll climb the stage And be on the front page I’ll talk like the best sage And break free from this cage This cage of a lost sage Whose work is no advantage Cries and flies in this cage Which has no definite stage […]
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DETERMINATION’S CREST
One He braves Through the pain Like a soldier And marches rightly Armoured with hope in life And determination’s sword Two He walks Gallantly Through his captives Throwing this aside Throwing fierce ones beneath And succeeded in breaking chains Three The breeze So very nice […]
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LITTER IS BITTER
Litter is bitter When it catches You in a sitter Litter is bitter When food turns bile In the fitter Litter is bitter You sitter Don’t litter A bag here Rubbish there A can here Some leaves here Then we turn litter Which […]
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CUPID’S CONCEIT
Saints of the bed, ye saints ahead Promise eternity of voices heard But anger stands tall as trust falls As lover’s sweet blindfold disaster calls Like Goliath being killed by David Shame drapes faces of supporters avid Cupid sits in worldly horrid With clasped […]
Stars watch sun-moon play Shinning bright and wishing strong For their dreams to be They giggle, wriggle And blush in nice fantasies As long as it lasts The sun burned the moon The moon saw its mark and cried Thoughts: never again […]
“For you, The moon is at arm’s length For you, The sky is like the shortest roof For you, The stars like night lights will walk at my command For you, Trees will shake, shrubs will clap as birds sing at my command […]
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UNREFINED WALKS TO REFINEMENT
Prekese and dawadawa Unlikenesses in rawness Loved refined Momoni and Koobi Nose irritants in the process of refinement Delicacies in refinements By being in the sand And getting stepped on Gold walks through shame To attain fame In the eyes of the refined Amoafowaa […]
A mouth keeps opening Dressed by a walrus moustache Its door at every opening Shows two crooked chairs Which tell tales of collapsing in kola But voices dressed in words so horrid Dawdle to battle the strong And guess what? They win A […]
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POOR “AFRI” POOR “CA”
She lies like the vast ocean Knowing not her tenants’ mission With five legs and 49 intestines She feels like a Frankenstein’s Monster She created a world for herself And stayed back watching it glow But the glow turned into tears which flow Without a […]
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SHORE’S SOLIDARITY
Seas sell shores, Shores with sores Sauntering seas Sell static shores Stops by sides, seeping, Struggling with steeps Silly shores lie still In solemn solidarity As seas sing in satisfaction Sell me out And I’m sold I’m no shore I see you’re no sea […]
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ASSERTIONS OF THE COWARD
“When evil goes to bed And its angels sleep tight When hell’s gate is closed And the guards get so drunk When shameful walking sounds Stop running in my mind When past pictures of me In my head seize to be I will rise like […]
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ABOVE PAIN
At this point The hunter can gather its game In the forest And tell it the story Of the eater and the eaten I do not care At this point Time can walk like a taunting trolley Ringing its irritating bell Waking the dead To know its […]
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FREE THE BIRD (HAIKU)
The bird cries at night Begging for more humane rights To fly like a kite Yes fly like a kite When the sun is shining bright To feel the cool breeze It is so glaring That guns thirst for its poor blood When the sun […]
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