With every breathe we must bow Never asking how We are life endowe’ I am not a cow You are not a cow With breathe, you’re superior to the cow As we speak There are those at their problem’s peak Being sacked from their resting sticks For work to commence There are also […]
I see the heart talking Knowing not where it is going Wanting to touch but shrieking Wanting to be seen but hiding I see the soul weeping Feeling the heat of wronging Feeling the sorrow of dejecting Nursing the feeling of hurting I hear the humming of the poor Who goes through many […]
The tree stands in glamour Attracting birds Attracting bees Attracting monkeys Attracting snakes Attracting eyes And singing hymns None cares About the fallen leaves Which was high above And has served its time They step on them, hailing the new And ignoring their pain Although their work is not done Like an unwanted […]
A noise, I stop, Turn, Shiver, Panic And rush back into my hole If that is my trait as an ant, Would I be a master Going down the annals In the school of Christ? Amidst the fears, I strive For the times of the rains I gather In the promising sunlight, […]
It seems sealed All boxed up Like a nice package But in there are pains Suffering, fears, longing And under the box lies The hope wanting to be seen So uncover Peel Peel Peel And peel Until all those you want hidden Give way to the one thing Which will attract the light Like magnet […]
Light over the darkness happily rise Dawn showers its teary hurt There’s time for the dark There’s time for the light Even as the darkness seems to resist Dawn’s tears always in faith persist But fairness always in discipline moves So you have your time I have my time Each has his time in […]
Stony, stony, stony mountain No water, no food, no assuring fountain Heart on fire No heart’s desire I’ve lost my bid on the painful counting Stony, stony, stony mountain Fearfully, heartlessly and horribly daunting All you’ve made me is a crier As the sun do me frier And some hungry lions keep on haunting […]
Stream From your bad dream And dream An extraordinary dream Because cool is what you seem There is a star that in you beam Trust me, you’ll be a soothing cream Which will heal and make all skins gleam Then when you go home, you and the angels will make a team Amoafowaa Sefa […]
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 […]
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 […]
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
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 […]
When I think my life unfair I look at those whose lives are queer Maggots of excreta Slaves of mental diaspora I wear my smile and hop along When I think my life unfair I do all human lives compare A day to be born, an earth for a world, A day to hear […]
The farmer who planted you Tends more to others And you feel so wronged? Heal with zeal A thorn from another flower or an insect Pricked your beautiful leaf And made a worldly see through hole? Heal with zeal You’re shortened When you can be tall Because your sky has been blocked by […]
Darkness blocks And lives as king Dawn rains And its moist is loved The sun appears And beings wake Working with the boss Of the light of the universe Each and his space in time To be king or queen But when your conscience reigns like mine You’ll be head […]
In your own life’s seat Check your own time and beat Step on the clutch with your own feet And move ahead. You can feel the heat, Feel the cold, crash and hush You’ll know what you need to fix You can go to the mechanic and fix But after the help, please be on […]
The day’s smile, is his light No matter the winds, The day smiles No matter the storm, The day smiles No matter how long the clouds thread, The day smiles No matter the amount of tears he weeps, The day smiles No matter the deadly nature of the fumes he inhales, The day smiles Let […]
Cats and rats Stay in opposite rays They clap and slap Their eyes on each other; Rats desperate in outwitting Cats desperate for food “No offence intended No defence for the weak” Is the slogan of cats “No place for slacking” Be a cat or a smart rat Chances are, you live full Or you […]
I cannot be shamed Or defamed Because I’m in my own life’s vehicular driving seat No defeat Can get to me Because clearly, they help me see With determination and dedication I’ll get to my rightful destination Let all the brethren do same And put enemies to shame Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
I see you With sadness sitting on your face Impatience running you a race Uncertainty holding your pace And all the pain you brace I see you With the mentality growing in your mind The fears you hide for none to find The complacency of hatred you happily bind And all the revenge you […]
My journey is long My aim is somewhere to belong I was the earth, trampled upon Pounded by metal boots Then butchered I felt all the pain But ended up as part of some mortar For construction of a building. I couldn’t care less, From the earth to the sky was an upgrade […]
The junk, joined the filth By the sweeping of the broom With the power of hands Which I loved Sorry to say I was in there Somewhere between the filth And the junk She saw me She looked and swept dust Into my pleading eyes  When we were gathered, We were thrown into a […]
Pater gave this counsel Quitters are sitters in gutters They sit in the dung They sit in the dirt They sit in disgusting waters  Like gross pigs They languish in their thoughts Fighting every battle mid-way With thoughts of finishing someday They sit and watch as fighters reap what they sow  So quitters […]
The sun rises light But it does shines bright It works with all its might Until time for rest is right  We won’t forget the clouds They mostly come with the louds They can interrupt the sun But time makes them run  I am the pretty sun Who wants to have fun I […]
Three friends met to play But none had anything to say Toothpick suddenly begun complaining That his work always leaves him nauseating Toothbrush told him to stop the whining As that is his itinerary every morning and evening Cotton wool cleared his throat And asked if their suffering exceeded his Toilet roll who was passing […]
The love story of the sea and shore Pushes me the fore  The sea met the shore Merged and formed the sea shore They went for many tours Aiming to extend their territory They shared their all; The sea cooling the shore, The shore being the chair for the tired waves They held hands […]
In my weakest moments The ant always has the greatest comments; Take it as a stage Or a story and hurry the page If only I had the mouths to spill My horror stories will the world fill A tooth that will break, does not need a vigorous shake It can embarrass […]
A land of plus A land of negative, A flower of happiness A flower of sadness, Life Death, They are three and three  Though everyone  identifies with the flowery, The negatives have been ordained from above So their powers bluff rejecters Because they know they are boarders to their journeys When rejecters reach their […]
An ugly fixture Can be a god A horrible mixture Can be a cure  In my worst I try my best To make me a god Once in a while  Then like a peacock I spring back to life, Stretch my wings And let the world see The me which slept. Dear friend, […]
He sought to break What he could not shake in its fury He sought to beat What he could not fight at its strongest He slacked when time slept In its weakest moment He forgot to fix the cracks on his happiness, To ruin the battle of his sorrow, To beat the taunting teeth of […]
It is raining
But I am not seeing
I know you’re seeing
But choose to let time do the telling
Like a real gentleman, you choose modesty to boasting
I have many farms Which are tainted by metals I’ll work to make them fertile All I need is to use my work charms  I’ll use my precious hands To pamper all my seeds They need to grow into feeds No matter their struggle with the lands  And so it goes with time […]
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