You push men into the limelight And serve as mouths of a future bright But men are men and claim are men When they become fertile money hatching hen’ Poor heads which hurt to push Sorry for being forced into the bush After you make comfortable roosters Of hen boosters I know it is 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. :)
Stumbling upon a bloody kite On an unimaginable stony site He made to run with all his might But was caught and jailed by the unfair light He thought a lot about this trappy bright And saw clearly how he was poorly indict’ He swore to never be confined without a fight So he […]
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A TRAVELLER’S BUTTOCKS
A travellers buttocks His seat of comfort A traveller’s buttocks Never spared in pains A traveller’s buttocks Bearing all the weight They ask help from legs Who ask them to work their time No matter how long the journey With no beds, A traveller’s buttocks Suffers it all No wonder relief Makes them dance On […]
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MEANINGLESS MALADY
Making meaning means much Making no meaning And meaning to me maim Makes me mad Marry my mind and mail it to your mind Make no mockery of my mind Because minds unminded tend to Make the most meaning Melodic melodies meander through mocked minds Mouthing morbid messages and metamorphoses into many Mercies […]
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AFRICAN PRESSURE
Papa’s pipe must be filled, Because he gave me life Not because he took care of me, For blessings from the gods. Mama’s clothes must always be new, At any occasion because she gave me life Not because she took care of me, For blessings from the gods. My siblings; twenty and one […]
Owls I must fear From my mother’s words I infer If their minds are fixated on me at night Nothing I do will go right Crocheting crochets Please leave my clutches Mouths of oldy angries Must be treated with care An angry growl and their curse Connives with thunder to deal me a blow […]
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SAVE ME A PLACE
Save a place for me Grandma Please save a place for me I do not know what country or town awaits After my eyes close and my breathe seizes Save a place for me Grandma There may be a long cue which might require one knowing another If the current bribing here is […]
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POLITRICIAN’S TRICKS
I need to feel the sun I need to feel the sun in my land I don’t need blankets When it is too hot for clothes I need to drink water I need to drink potent water I need no liquor When thirst warns to drown me in the sea of death I […]
Have you? Have you ever drunk the fecal water of the unknown? Have you stayed even for a day with scents of the expired? Have you? Have you ever been made uncomfortable enough to Walk barefooted with care, lest you are pulled into the realm of tetanus? Have you? Has your home ever been considered […]
From the soothing balm of shea To the ginger, pepper suppository Through to hunger which was queer And quenched with thick breakfast of ‘coco’ With plenty sunshine, my happiness was sealed By the creator I, like an angel, knew no colour I knew no difference I knew humans, black, white, yellow and whatever And […]
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SOLDIERING CROSS
On a happy sea tour Our love blossomed to the core All sores aimed to heal But the sea goddesses hated for it to be real We sailed without mails We shared in all the sails We loved, and held I forgot, the soldiering limpy loss I held Until your unfortunate slip Reminded […]
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PAINASOMANIA
From painful smiles The mouth burst Scattering blood, breeding relief and pain Like an overfilled drum Hurt pushes to be free But the harder it pushes, the tighter it closes Oh soul of hunger! Soul of thirst! I’ve exceeded my danger! I’ve exceeded my pain! Get the pain seamstress! Get the hurt cleaner! […]
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A WORRIED WORLD
Growing guns Gleaming groans Gleaming groans Crying crosses Crying crosses Painful platforms Painful platforms Worried world Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
Gentle sunlight tries hiding behind The trees to no avail Gentle rivers blow beautiful breezes Which set the soul’s peaceful fantasy at sail Breath in, Breath out and relax your brain Worry is never in the land of this great read Imagine the birds singing your lullabic chorus And the air fanning your heat And […]
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HAMMERED
In his eyes; I saw the stars crying for me Then they smiled And laughed with me Twinkling, their light lighted my path In his eyes; I saw lust peeping through love And fun setting me a table Of palatables With comfortable seats In his eyes; I saw the promise of tomorrow And […]
The rhythm of falling Plays not in one house But all Esi’s roots were in solid gold Abena’s roots were in filthy gutter mud Their minds were in contrast Esi’s complacency showed Abena’s hard working mind prayed To ascend the ladder of gold Time held no hands The golden tree developed gutter […]
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YES, TODAY.
Who is waiting to marry The future sun When the brightest sun In his world smiles in beckoning? Who sees this smily day And looks forward to happiness In the face of the future day Yet unknown? It is here today Everything you see Everything you need To smile, so please smile. Amoafowaa […]
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EASIER SAID
He told her: “Give it to the lord All that your thoughts can’t afford And He will use His sword To cut the roots of all its chords” He further said: “All have been written That Satan can be smitten By beings but his knitting Of traps is surely done with his muting” […]
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SEEDLY PRAYERS
These sad rains Seen through the gates of my eyes Are straight from the soul The seed hatched, Its features Leave me pained and strained Would it be lifelong? Would it be for the most part Of its life span? What am I to do If it is to be tended forever? […]
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THOUGHTLESS
Streams sleep sad Skies sit straight Lands lie loathing Our unthoughtful usage Trees’ talks tell Birds’ boos bell Air actually angers At our insensitivities We destroy Without thoughts, Kill Without planting, We pollute And laugh Thinking We’re superior To them “Beware!” They say Their renewed anger May turn to collapse mankind. Amoafowaa […]
The eagles are fowls The fowls are eagles The houses are the sky The sky is the houses In her world. Elephants are ants Ants are elephants Lions are the cats Cats are the lions In her world Food goes through the rear Feaces come through the mouth The back houses the babies […]
Pity messed with her head As glittering living urged him on His ego was tingled by passion As his eyes strayed from her Was it her apparel? Could it be that her flowers are wilting? What could it be? These and many more walked in an excursion on her mind Her resolves were […]
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DRIED LEAF AND FIRE
A trickster, an afflicted An ordinary, a spiritualist Met at the path of need The former in monetary need The latter in need of freedom The stick which fails to be a branch And goes wandering, ends up in The gutters of the mouth So darn right, this adage Thus, the dried leaf faced […]
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AT THE JUNCTION OF DILEMMA
My mind and my heart clash And in their most horrendous bash They win in turns The heart mellows and turns The head stands firm And squirm It ends up with the heart wanting The head weighing So what is this? I want you I fear you I need you But my head can’t […]
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FIGHTING ZONE
When life’s fog takes my eyes I talk to self without lies And step on its ground to say my byes Without eyes shedding no cries In strength, I forge forward There is no fear which sends me backward Even when sent to the ward I dance to the chord Because life has […]
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WITH WINGS
Sing With wings Dance With wings Sit With wings Walk With wings Run With wings Sleep With wings Wings Which can never break Wings Which are like brave soldiers Wings Unconquerable Wings Which are discerning These wings Will fly you to greatness Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia […]
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BEEP, BEEP, NO ACCESS!
Truth denied Faith hyped Freedom subdued Chains hyped Sellers abound Like nets In the sea Goods are nil What pain! What suffering! Among the living Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia © 2014
Originally posted on Nana A Damoah:
05 September 2014 Dear Friends, This is a quick update on the Apagya R/C Project for which we sought your kind donations and support some weeks ago. I gave an update on 30 September on items purchased. We have raised over GHC 7000 so far and a group of…
It is a known fact that Ghanaian gospel singers come onto the scene meek, respectful with an air of the African gospel singer attitude (dressing from head to toe for females with archaic head gears and normal shoes for men). But what do we see? After one hit, they tend to wear everything from mini […]
So one came With thoughts of putting me to shame His goatee looked so lame Yet he sought to me tame I let him go with ego deflated Completely different from how he came Another came Betting to have me tamed His antagonistic tricks I had defamed His time belled out and he was […]
What if Shakespeare’s thoughts Slept, sat, woke, ate, drank, slept And followed him to the grave? What if Thomas Eddison’s thoughts Slept, sat, woke, ate, drank, slept And followed him to the grave? What if Alexander Wolcott’s thoughts Slept, sat, woke, ate, drank, slept And followed him to the grave? What if […]
Him Her Them Me Let it be We And We And We And problems will develop wings To flee Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
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SHINE BRIGHT
In this dessert I’ll shine bright I’ll shine bright To a point of fright Blinding enemies Leading the fair Until I reach my promised light In this dessert I’ll be no Judas I’ll be no Judas To give away treasures When my battery is down I’ll call for others Who share my vision To […]
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YOU WERE A LESSON
You were a lesson Well learnt And that past has become a blessing Well grabbed The trouble Which always used to bubble, The tears which caused massive erosion On my face tampering with my emotion, The pain which at the grounds of my heart stomped As my heart pumped Have become appreciative tools Making me […]
Before your hungry appetite is curbed I ask that you treat me fair and square Give my ink freedom to do its work Until my tinniest ink is dropped Let my name be on all the ink Unbloating tears hiding in all things phony And be the light of future men, Who will need […]
“Abobi” “Adodi” Tilapia One man thousand Accompanied by the tasty “abolo” The Volta River feeds Voltarians And visitors alike It lies like a mother Carrying a ferry Which carries all feet Crossing her world But smiles in serenity The Volta River feeds Voltarians And visitors alike When Ghana calls Heed , and step […]
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BLACKMAILED
Fingers in between his teeth He stirs like a python Making me dizzy Taunting me to stir So I can have the sole blame For losing them But I am still Fingers in between his teeth Hitting his pate is an abomination Not for him, for me Because his stomach will receive What I […]
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TROUBLING SATISFACTION
The eyes closing Hands falling Legs dawdling Head empting Stomach sleeping One will think they’re sick But no, satisfaction in action What does the body need? Hunger it cries Satisfaction it tries in failure What happened to up or down? This middle line, This middle line of satisfaction Is tiring. Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) […]
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When A Wasaman Writes A Weekly
Originally posted on Nana A Damoah:
For 3 years, I ‘maintained’ a column in the Business and Financial Times Friday edition. I have put ‘maintained’ in quotes because what I did was to allow the editor unfettered access to my blog to pick articles that suited his purpose. For a while now, I am serializing…
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HELLO GOD!
In the steps There are webs So thin but so powerful How do I walk As your pace demands When with each step The light in my eyes strain? You’re a God I am told Whose house is far Across the river of the sky You see it all I am told And the answer […]
Love Turn fire Consume My yearning Love Like rain Soak My tiredness Love Like storm Control My feeling Love Be love And with me Be one Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia
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SONGS OF A RESOLUTION
Sing me a song Sing me a song whose cords Will massage my scalp better than shea butter A song whose notes will make the tightest jeans Self-destruct and make all pain flee From this headstrong being Sing me a song which blends All the voices of the choir A song with no accompaniment […]
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MINDS LIKE RIVERS
Our minds lie like vast rivers So vulnerable like abandoned children Whatever we throw in As they flow, they quietly hoard To give in time When we fill with goodness We plant good thoughts When we fill with hurt We plant bitter thoughts Which can turn monstrous with every nursing So be a […]
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HUMAN DIVERSITY
Faces, faces everywhere Rectangular, Circled, faces of square Description uncounted Relativity of beauty Faces of a creator just and fair Faces, faces, everywhere Houses of minds unready to share I wish I could a bit ascertain Faces of angles and Faces of demons Faces, faces, look me straight Never thinking of my mind’s […]
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TOUCH A HEART
We are like leaves Shooting in beauty Opening our arms Just to fold in dryness And eventually break into pieces Or worse be plucked unfairly in bloom So do grow another Or touch another Who will remember your touch When wilting succeeds In making you manure. Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
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The Women Descants
Originally posted on Proem…:
After Her Divorce After her divorce… she lived with paintings rented month to month… much like borrowed books or casual acquaintance. She bought flowers freshly cut, not plants…for she would?stay distant from commitment. Leased one vaguely abstract yellow peach green blue March to June…still with no long-term contract, and no binding…
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WELL-DONE KEJETIA
In the past years, Stench rose with more than enough fists To welcome all first timers As people hid behind ugly filth Trying their hardest to sell their wares “Sister, please buy some for me Beautiful chains made for a queen like you, Brother come and buy tomatoes, The onions are really cheap and […]
Amidst the pain And all the gain Amidst the storms And the beautiful suns Amidst the rough roads And the smooth ones Amidst the love And all the hate I’ll never change a thing Because each thing had its bearing on the me today Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
We holding hands Running like two doves We dancing under the keen eyes of the moon And bathing with the tears of the sky We kissing, tasting the rain And wishing to possess our bodies After we knew each other, The spider’s web which entangled, got torn By the sharp claws of […]
Trees, trees Family of trees I wish you could live like bees Together as one as each the other’s mind frees Trees with leaves Trees without leaves Trees with flowers Trees with fruits Trees with colour Colourless trees Short trees Tall trees Please form a garden By living as one. Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) […]
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