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. :)
Wanting more Craving more Having more And craving more That is human nature I have too much He has none I am being offered others But I’ll have and hoard Because that is human nature I have mine You have yours I like yours But not in exchange, in addition to mine Why […]
Women cry not to be beaten And their aggression only goes to an extend of the verbal In Africa Women cry not to be killed But their fury only goes to the extent of holding and shouting, Most women in Africa do None can beat a hot blooded man And go scot free In Africa […]
I will stand I will stand like a peacock In times of trials I will stand I will stand tall like a peacock In times of hurt I will stand I will stand like a peacock In times of shame I will stand i will stand like a peacock […]
In these four corners I surreptitiously crawl Shutting mute entries with a threatening brawl While the banners of thoughts are rooted in my head’s corners In this dark self-confine I ruminate, no, I contemplate On whether to zap out this life and put it on a plate For those with stochastic opinions that will […]
Clouds of failure have formed on my sky Dooming my day Making me hide as I lie That my examiner told me a nay And great strides passed me by Is an arrow that pierces my soul a hundred times. Thoughts of failure consumes me That I, with all grandness faced rejection makes me […]
Smear not my name in corners Smear not my fame in hidden corners While smiling when my eyes meet yours Root not to pull me down in dark areas Root not to hit me in dark areas While clapping in front of me in broad daylight Work not in my obliviousness with my […]
“Hena na ↄte obi adwuma a ↄyἐa na wamunkum nanim? Hena na obu obi adwuma animtia? Hwan na ↄdwene sἐ nadwuma a ↄyἐ sene obi de? Onuako mpἐ agwa ntenaso na ontie ἐἐ” There was a day when “kruu ni’s” broom was revered So much so that young ones dreamed of holding many brooms […]
My mother my pride I’ve nothing to hide She’s always by my side Taking all love’s stride Even if it means she cries My mother my hope Trying to right words grope All my gaffes she copes I’m attached to her love’s dope Will do nothing to have her mope My mother is […]
You are me And I am you You stayed in me And I felt your every move, Your every struggle, Your every discomfort, And your every pain, With my heart. I saw you not with my eyes But I felt your pulse with every breath It isn’t proper, but I fell in love with you […]
I have kissed your lips a thousand times And you have kissed mine I have sang and danced to your thousand rhymes And you have danced to mine I have laughed and cried to your many jokes And you have danced and laughed to mine There are no parts of you I haven’t explored And […]
There is a thunderous sound in the land of words A thunderous sound so noisy that it makes me fear A wordstress has fallen, not on many beds But in the soil. A soul so dear A mother she was with her words Telling encouraging tales which end with “There is a light at the […]
My mama is an angel My mama is an angel There can’t be any other angel In this lifey hurdle Cos she loves, loves and loves me Out of her busy schedule To set me free She’ll sit on a huge needle When I cry she cuddles She understands when I mumble In […]
In my dream I call an angel In my scream I need an angel I need my cream I call an angel I’m going to the stream I still need that angel My mother! When I’m sick I need an angel I need to eat I call an angel I need to dress I […]
As I write my life away Writing others and mine along Who will write me in my decay After my ink is through?… Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia ©2014.
Here I stand On the very grounds we played with sand And formed a band Hand in hand There he stands apace With sadness sitting on his face And rivers of tears flowing through his gaze As his posture looks like one in a daze There she kneels Saying not what she feels […]
It is its time So we must be mute The thief who steals without being caught has stolen Yet again, as we watch without seeing, severally in just a day We must not cry and whine Because even that blesses his next hunting You can cry You too can cry He too can cry She […]
Tell me a story Tell me a story so sweet and fresh Tell me a story undiluted Tell me a story from times past When the trees provided the sound as the waters spoke Tell me that story from when the birds met as a choir to sing only cheerful songs Tell me a story […]
The hands with great touches The hands with the Midas touches The bees who made the honey Which attracted so many The virgin brains without explorations The grateful beings who paid more for way less The simple beings who cared not about costly sophistication The loving beings who loved nature The crude beings who had […]
We held hands, we locked mouths We faced north, we faced south We locked eyes, and stopped time We jumped together, and together mime’ So why does the air seem stale now? We exchanged clothes, our teasing stood We went out, in any mood We knew happiness and knew sadness We together cried, in […]
I could live in a thousand miles And could stand crossing the cold Nile In a scanty apparel on a small boat In the very cold weather with no coat But will still dote on you fully I could sing in a good tune While fanning the fire in June Even as my hands […]
Please cover me with the cloth, Cover me with the cloth that will make me invisible to disdain Invisible to pain, Invisble to faces of hypocrisy plain, Invisible to the likes of Cain Invisible to those who love feign Invisible to those who insane thoughts daily gain, Invisible to those who abuse rain Invisible to […]
Let us sail Let’s sail across the sea Where there is no wail And no tax biller to collect a fee. Let us hug Hug so tight our temperatures will merge And none will us bug And contentment will our hearts surge Then hunger will flee Flee from our mortal carriers As eternal […]
The headache has become a brain tumour. Now it shows. I see, and you see Great abysmal monks in an abbot of a bush Effortfully breaking rules, adopting girls for pleasure Reeking of self-loath and awakening poignant fears In wombs and abdomens of earthly human makers All in the name of faith and selfish desires. […]
Ebe 2014 I no go marry man. I no go marry man De reason be say, I no no wetin e fit do for me. 2014 man want woman wey have im job wey pay well well, Sotaay she go fit buy im own tins. Dem dey want person wey dem go fit cheat well […]
Lights frequently develop long female legs in Africa Leaving homes wearing sneakers Only to come back in high heels Making noise ka, ka, ka, ka, ka. These lights date visibility and darkness Testing tempers and spending extravagantly with each dark dating And many visibility flirtings But mandated cables watch, sometimes pleading with offenders Sometimes shamefully […]
Cry me a river. Cry me a river in a shiver For I have paid treachery dues Refusing to yield to subtle cries from those who cared And living like the world was a fancy club Worshipping alcohol and weed While reveling in touches of unknown hands Fearing nothing, hearing no reason and seeing no […]
If only I could fly I would go high, high, high And never come nigh This world of agony. I sigh, Trying so hard to make my heart mine But my control seems not to be fine. If only I could fly There are many things I will not buy. I will smile at […]
Please good heart, Have eyes And look intently and rightly. Please kind heart, Have ears Ears which will listen well and leave no detail. Please breakable heart, Have a clear nose And smell every corner of the air around every being. Great little heart, Have a mouth, And ask wise questions which will make the […]
They will get all the attention They will definitely get all the attention Why? Because they have inbuilt houses Which all beings are housed before entering earthly houses Sharing their blood And even their good flood For a good nine moons Without separate legs to bolt in the doom Making them swoon Even in pain […]
Can I press out what is pressing me and make them straight? How? By following the path-makers and prompting when their paths are crooked? Am I assured all will be taken in good faith? Am I assured of my head on my body after I voice all out? Am I assured? So I and my […]
Tired limbs As life’s mountains climb Roaring voices Penetrating through the dark hollows of the brains with diverse choices How does one choose the right And make life bright? And why does faith sits in the unseen hole Shivering not to be whole For my touch when need be? Is faith a she or a […]
Paapa, Maame, I had a dream. In the dream: All women in Africa met, spoke and agreed to pursue freedom. They accepted that they are their own enemies. They agreed never to be each other’s enemy by clashing on men. They agreed to work hard by themselves and abolished the custom of men as job […]
These tools need oiling These tools of mine need a breather These tools of life’s conflict must rest And the earthly mandated leaders have given a day. I could sleep and test death I could sit and try to see the air I could sing myself hoarse I could just walk around aimlessly […]
Smell up Smell down Smell left Smell right What fills your nostril? Filth. Look left, look right Look up Look down What fills your vision? Filth. Run up Run down Run right Run left What fills your skin? Water? No, it is filth. Eat poor Eat rich Eat nutritious Eat junk What fills the water […]
“Oh what a withered being” I wasn’t, I once bloomed in many attractive colours “Look, what a toothless mouth” It wasn’t, I had a very beautiful set of chewers “Oh Gosh! What a shivering body” I wasn’t, I had the strength of an ox And was revered by my peers None could compare in my […]
It is uncontaminated and heavenly around It is sparkling and golden to have been found Wow! The beautiful oceans, rivers and beaches lie so serene and welcoming That the last straggler of non-humans might have been here thousands of years ago Wait, even the bushes are as clean as the morning dew To see defecation […]
I would have loved it then When all were hidden deep in the mind When a little pampering was all to bind When cheating and unfairness were in a stygian gloom When a smile could soften damsels and brand bastards suave and sophisticated. I know I would have reveled in it then, as people enjoy […]
Akua Mansah says I’ve stolen her man Maame Konadu says I’ve stolen her son Papa Owusu says I’ve stolen his fan So they’ve placed on me, a ban This mighty conflagration that forces Akwadaa Owusu into this obsession Has nothing to do with me. He gets no attention None at all, for all […]
The little Sun and the little Moon stand on my land Competing for me to wear their bands, oh poor Sky! But they look like dark small tools, so I cry. How will I explain this to the little Stars when they land? That these young lads were the only options in choosing in the […]
Whispers of the air Please be fair Light of the sun Blindness of the dark Ease some fear in front and at the back Be gentle on man Fury of the cloud Don’t be too proud Speed of the rain Please be sane Lightening of thunder Don’t make us harshly wander So everything will be […]
Ahoma na mede bἐ kyim obibini tirinhwi a abↄ nkyim yi Ahoma a anoↄya na me de bἐ bↄ na mahim saa tirihwi futsἐfutsἐ yi a yἐbἐtumi de ashἐ ↄdↄ nsesaawa mu de apam ↄdↄ sumyἐ a ἐbἐtumi ama wa so dae pa ἐno a na mede bἐkyim Ↄdumankuma tↄturↄbonsu hwἐἐ me nananom anim na […]
It is hot Why won’t it be bought? It is very, very hot, Why won’t spots be fought to be got? No matter how insignificant the hot-cake, The truth remains; New things challenge the egos of the showy, proud, boastful, wealthy and even the frugal So, “ampa” it is hot So surely it will be […]
That time has passed, That time when my innocence was taken by the old brood chosen by my earthly giver of life. Hmmm! That time has passed, When I had to go through that strife Of humiliation, broken dreams and premature adulthood in a decade plus four That time has passed. Yes, that time has […]
It’s a pity It’s a pity that you see me as a woman It is a grave pity that you see me as a woman And see yourself as a woman I wish that you could think of me as a man In your womanly mind I wish you can change your mind and see […]
Let me be the first to call My nature has made it thus. Yes, I am the atumpan! Let me, allow me to call, Then you, agyegyedo will respond, Then mpintin will follow Then ansaba will add her intense voice By the abled help of “nsa a emu ἐ’dene” There is an urgent need to […]
Children are children no matter their structure, beauty, handsomeness, ugliness, disability, naughtiness and what have you. In this vein, they have the rights to be specially protected and cared for. They have the rights to be fed, clothed, health insured and to associate with parents and humans in general. They also have the right to […]
He was shamed for me He was beaten for me He was humiliated for me He was killed for me What can I do for him? The ultimate thing is life For someone who gave me his life What can I offer him when I really want to live? I was told I […]
The heart is a very unfathomable machine I must say. Falling in love requires no permission even from the other organs of the body. The heart gets addicted and the mind plays tricks by offering sanity and endorsement. The love that broke my heart recently was the love I felt and still feels for a […]
They say He was a man They say he died for me They say He made me free By buying my sins. They say He gave me new breath They say He is there at all times They parade His pitiable self, to win my sympathy They say the the gods my ancestors worshipped are […]
STEP INTO THAT ZONE THAT ZONE WHERE YOU MUST MOURN STEP INTO THAT ZONE THAT ZONE WHERE THERE’S THE BIGGEST OF BONE STEP INTO THAT ZONE THAT ZONE OF THE UNKNOWN AND SEE WHO WILL EVEN PICK HIS PHONE TO CALL, YOU WILL TRULY, THEN KNOW YOU ARE ALONE SO STEP INTO THAT ZONE WITH […]
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