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 […]
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 […]
In teenage river Swimming in the pool of innocence Passion’s impressions Was for her, perfection and happiness In teenage love’s shiver Basking in hopes of ever afters Pampering and queen-ship Was her dream and fantasy She reached the steps of Cupid And thought perfect celebrations Were […]
Reminisces, Reminisces of the pieces pieced Reminisces of the pieces smiling Reminisces of the pieces holding Reminisces of the pieces leaving their hands Reminisces of the pieces falling Reminisces of the pieces shattering Reminisces of destruction What was the most beautiful? Reminisces here, reminisces there Reminisces like a series of movies Reminisces, reminisces Reminisces everywhere […]
Eyes Attraction Daydreaming Giggles Goose pimples Smiles Trust Belongingness Companionship Fast heartbeats Hugs Kisses Time pauses Everything beautiful A boarder, then Hurt Pain Mistrust Withdrawal Enmity Disappointments Regrets I realised too late Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia © 2014
On this shore I sit My tears being The water source Reminiscing the pace Of my steps from the womb On this shore I stop At the time You crossed my path And try to meander Past your gaze to no avail On this shore I fight To resist your gift And to […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Help! He finds pleasure in autoeroticism Can that be considered cheating? Who do I fight with for my partner? Himself? Then I’ve lost the game All the twinkles left the sky of my eyes The curves have migrated from the contours of my mouth Life stares down at my soul-less being And shakes its head […]
Hannah was a sweet girl Who couldn’t hurt a weak fly Until Jack took her flower And abandoned her leaf No one saw anger developing claws In her, none saw revenge digging a hole in her What we saw was her lost frame in the sea of hate She first uprooted Jack’s roots and […]
“I’ll close my heart And stop it From taking in any possible breaker I’ll immerse myself In work which keeps me fulfilled And will never look into attractive eyes I swear to live by myself Doing good and neglecting all males Let them drown for all I care” All these are promises […]
Instead of being the salt Which melts, sweetens and Is easily forgotten, I’d rather be the hot pepper In the mouth of the ruthless, Make sure he begs air to step into its filthy chambers As I whip his inward skin without mercy I know that will be a lesson And will make him take […]
With tears you pleaded For something I thought I never needed In suspense of what the future holds I conceded Little by little, to love’s call I heeded When you shouted for issue sharing I yielded When I doubled my steps your voice made me receded Together what seemed like a beautiful cupid farm we […]
In my tired dream I crossed a vast stream And saw Love gleam I caught a hold of its seam And asked that he had a chat with me, I can’t tell for sure if his sure was a beam “I am not a dog To do all your bidding I am a servant […]
I sit here Sorrow eating my judgement Pity nursing my hurt And shattered pride killing My thoughts My perfume of dejection Has taken over the town The salt in my tears are Being extracted to prepare Commercial and home cooked meals Which body do I wear on this soul? Which face do I […]
When passions erupt And sanity prevails Chaos abounds We met as enemies Found a common ground Until our hearts were chained By an un-openable lock Then your head generated heels Then my head generated heels We went to places our hearts screamed We went to places where misery reigned And now we are […]
He was my bodyguard And became my cover cloth Then turned into my sweet dreams Like an effective god He ruled my world Without him, all malfunctioned Then a flirty wind blew him far Into the arms of a fiery witch Who had a battle with love I saw, I wept, And […]
Love, I have been quiet, noisy Foolish, and even suicidal Just to get your attention But it seems it makes you all the more furious Let the chicken dance like an antelope To the hawks, it will still be seen as meat I see the monstrous hands you kneel to The ears which […]
Askimo sits on the wall dejected, what in God’s name just happened? Did Selina just sleep with him and sack him out of her house? He of all people? God’s gift to women like him? Considering the many women who will die to have him in their beds forever, he thinks back. All the women […]
She climbed a tree with no caution The tree was the home of bees All she had to do to exasperate them was sit Her bruised and lifeless body was seen beneath She climbed a tree with no caution Its branches were not strong for her weight She sat, it snapped. Her broken bones […]
I am at a yellow position Watching your quick reds And your greens As they switch in fast paces against me Giving my thoughts no rest And my heart no peace I have been at this position Waiting for you to come to a decision And help me be at ease My chest cannot […]
Have you ever watched a snapshot and wished to be in it? Have you ever watched time and wished to be its tail? Have you ever watched the birds and hoped for wings? Have you ever seen eyes you hope for as mirrors? Like a painting you hang on my every wall I turn […]
How grand Pounds and Euro battled not rand Nothing was left to strand All stars stood in their respective stances Eyes feared to blink, for fear of a magic escaping Mouths couldn’t help to gape Knees felt weak with envy Hearts fluttered and imagined themselves us Tears were our evidence of attraction The clothes […]
Eyes like owls’ Faulty at your sight Eyes so bulky Saw all perfectly but you Heart like mules’ Faulty at your touch Heart so healthy Felt all well but you Head of a genius Faulty at your reading Head so thoughtful Thought all else well but you Now they mourn in unison […]
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