When seas beget shells Some sands’ fear of capturing Flies care abroad Sands’ prayers call for legs To bury their threat Forgetting they will be the coffins Balls on walls deflect Minds mostly forget Sad Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
Chorus Teaching Is enlightening Is Loving Is cariiiiiiiiiiing It is giving for giving In liviiiiiiing It is life in entirety I I know God is a teacher He is a teacher who produces great teachers Great teachers to let his world be explored and known So all those who step into his shoes Are […]
People pray like pawns Preying on paupers like pests Picking peppers and pocketing peace Pieces like prints put in pairs Show swines sweeping their slimes on saints Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
When ashes travel down south And charcoals get missing All we can hear are stored words of the mouth As breaths go missing Like grasses stepped on by elephants Time steps on us with its weight And we fade like fake paints On the wall of the earth Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia
Life is like a string rope And we are like a group of masked ant circus On its slim grounds No matter how many hands hold When the dew-drop of death selects The hold becomes meaningless As it cages in a lone space II Tears are no life revivers in the fallen Hurts are no […]
Eternal goodbyes are like pinches in the abdomen Now I see there are lots to worry about As Grandma Bombay lies still in the arms of the faceless And the tears for her flows like the Kintampo Waterfalls Many bring their wallets, empty Hoping to refill Even water in sachet cost more than an average […]
Here and now Cut the throat of all ailing And let’s see to their deaths And take off all their feathers Cut them into pieces And throw them to the dogs After burning all that was taken So as to ensure we never see their pestering selves In the future meant for us II Here […]
He who knows the story Knows how to celebrate for his glory Once, a prophet Ibrahim Was ordered by Allah To sacrifice his son Who was known as Ismaeel For He; Allah’s pleasure Ismaeel was Prophet Ibrahim’s treasure Whom none could measure But he heeded the call of Allah And Allah too ended his trials […]
A Bet Created in a cave unknown to sun Dances and hops like an antelope Expecting to find its God Fearing not its God’s heartbreaks Gathering speed while being chased Hurdling its moulders Inviting panic in their home direction Just in time it finds the sun Kola nut’s royalty prevents it not from browning teeth […]
It is that time That time that monkeys can turn fairies Aided by the sharp hands of knives Body masons mix their mortars Cutting parts of those built by God And transferring it in pasting, onto other parts Sometimes injecting bodies like corpses Hoping to build mounds around areas apt for dancing Draining parts to […]
Maybe you were too forward in your approaches Maybe you were born with ideas too “future-ristic” Maybe you were too over zealous in your quest for the best Maybe you hoped for far too much But your works remain a legacy II You were rains on the raging fires of colonialism You were a power […]
It’s all coming back Raining like stones being intentionally thrown From the heavens by our maker When he burned my arms As those in green passed Those in brown relaxed And those in white hid II His tears caught no attention His hurts struck no sympathy chord but mine My tears flowed like fountains Going […]
When the cage of colonialism caught Africa And the whips of inferiorism caught black minds Some wrestled with their fists Others bickered like rivals of foolishness Some hid like lions with their tails in between their legs Oh some worshipped hoping to break free You stood like mountains with minds they sold And developed muscles […]
When the winds of evil blow at night And snakes of deception throw them light As thunders of death hide in death’s flight Like kola nut pickers with great great might Protect us, and make living our right II When the devil turn crocodile and needs to pick Fowls in the night and make humans’ […]
Like glass houses Which encourages stone throwers They ask young flowers To use their nectar To attract insects Who have dedicated trees They feed and rest Forgetting they have pests who hawk When they are busy advising Calling on flowers to share their nectar If all fem heads could think alike Shunning all taken And […]
Ugly shadows cast On the fairest of angel Deceiving watchers prayful As he trains beautiful beings To swerve them like idiots II Cool winds blow over To the praying mantis’ Who look out for hot Fanning their eyes to sleep well Using their curses for them III Brightened shadows show Attracted worshippers kneel Loving the […]
The smiling sun can dry And it can also heat to harm II Angry rains can grow some plants And it can destroy many and drown beings III None can live without air But its seniors destroy and kill many living IV Even the moon does lead in darkness But serves as eyes for murderers […]
Like snow tainted with mud She sits in indulgence Allowing religion to cuff her like a soldier gone bad Letting society push her into second place As her conscience whips With canes of guilt Time has licked some of her wounds So in denial, she accepts Thinking her cool self will calm her opponent But […]
Nothing can hide Our joy in ride Oh nothing can hide Our smiles so wide Not even clothes Can aid our foes Let us dance naked Dance to the sweet melodies of fireflies let us dance naked With our photographers as the moon and stars Even mosquitoes will only add To our melodies in harmony […]
Like an ‘akuaba’ feeling static in beauty Hoping from stage to stage feeling supreme Testing all the best there is in skin creme She used her nectar to taunt and haunt Now Rakia sits in thoughts when ageing scent becomes palpable She now sees what she was Plantain which greened and is now riping Ringing […]
Her face is pale Her breast has turned stale No great air for her weak children to inhale All her knights have decided not to bail Her strong children, like brainless goats, fail As all her fishes are turned into “koobi and momoni” Cooked and fried, others will eat, love, breathe and exhale II A […]
Their eyes can’t see Without developing legs To rush to their tongues To make so much noise To open the gates of their mouths To bless or curse other ears Munafiki, shame on you! II Like drums destroyed News trickle through their ears And flow loudest through their mouths Like they hoard megaphones in their […]
Like fishes choked by water Like birds choked by air Like trees choked by the earth Noses choke by air of life How noses fight air Thinking to win, beats imagination Who fights the earth on which he stands? No matter how carnivorous earth seems Who can fight and live on it? We are cows […]
Many sit with their news on their laps Some sit with their youngsters by their sides Like a human with cow horns All eyes turn to me and mine As he jumps like an antelope Neighs like a horse Shakes like a buffalo And runs like a Bolt on weeds I am the only being […]
He sows spirits into body clothes And leaves the seams bare Every step undo a thread Until the bodies’ clothes fall As the spirits develop wings And fly in myth To the unknown Of course a huge bump scatters all threads And so does huge cuts and hits As other factors melt or burn the […]
Beauty lives in eyes which stand Never in closed eyes Amedzofe is a beautiful lady Her curves show supreme As her hairs are woven In beautifully strong trees Sweeping the very grounds she walks A snake must be feared but can be beautiful Snake of a road lies in her bosom As stones arrange in […]
Dazed by the loudness Loudness like the deafening rain Current songs battle the old Black girls with fake blushing cheeks And short shorts show As boys to men show dressed in mosquito nets Drinks abound From “apio” to energizer Chewers of mouths parade Dancers with no moves parade Humans like ants follow One after one […]
None by law could touch them Like Gods with voices in finality They wore wigs white like wisdom prostitutes While their minds wore clothes Which washed itself with blood of innocence And fed fat on filthy monies from criminals Darkness of camera shielded their horrid sides As they paraded like mighties taunting sunshine While splashing […]
Tears flood Flood hearts of earth sustainers Making their breathing herculian As most men hide behind the curtains of feminism Shedding clothes of responsibility Any cry for help And the curtains’ waves slap With hot irons of “women can do better” Feminine mouths in confidence Are dubbed chants of witchcraft Like a war of ego […]
Eyes wake facial beings Ears look, stand and gape Mouth opens slightly, smiles and renders tongue naked Cheeks roll in fists Nose just smells the happiness As stars bath naked In the fenceless sky II Which soap sparkles so? As to light and show On kings in a fenceless sky? Could it be some sparkling […]
I stand a sinner Chasing thoughts making me thinner Racing heart causing me breakage As unknown tomorrows sing me songs II I don’t know I don’t know if the heads white leaves Will showcase me tomorrow Still two handed instead of three III I don’t know I don’t know if this mud’s wrinkles Will showcase […]
When plants are in complexion green Their colour does make them mean And like peacocks, their feathered leaves Raise their shoulders to taunt Shaping their strong spines to flaunt Making brownly-attacked sicklers peeve As they cry at the haunt II They buly the air And dance with winds Daring Tsunamis to come like angry waves […]
Sun, you have a day And your day wears the most pious clothes In the whole wide world II Sun, your clothes are sinless And they sparkle like you As they turn most sinners Into hypocritical hollies III Sun, may I ask a thing? You sure aren’t without sin Are you? Because you shine And […]
You were to me the golden goose That laid my golden happiness And made sure I sparkled, even in heat But one knows not what awaits If the hands are freed to search No matter how precious something is, Once left to go It dissipates into nothing So I set you to sail From the […]
Like a gentle flower, He made his way through my highway In speed Crying for the usual jubilation So small, raising questions of his being And he made all happy Never knew he was to face hurdles gargantuan In his easily countable stay Boxing sicknesses Wrestling illnesses Damaging unwelness And the flower churned He so […]
Some men are like cockerels They praise “Your beauty! Kokrokoo kooo” Loving the rays which help them shine But always work for their stomachs only Still wanting coolers to burn their heats When their fires spark II Some men are like parrots Chirping in gossiping Living with no shame Kissing and telling and hurting and […]
I’d like to see God as a playful father One who loves for me to do my desire And warns when He sees that there is fire If I hear not, burns bring Him running II I’d like to see God as that loving father Who knows my faults and my strong hold And knows […]
Stitching skins Fixing bones Like one with God’s hands She lives like sickness’ feared zone None dares to look for any ills In her body territory But sicknesses know the saying A cat is best suited For the safekeeping of meat So what she healed Crawled like dying snakes Into her being and gained strength […]
They sit like wrinkled elders Staring into their coffins Mouths whose hands steer shout “Sagnerigu! Dungu! Kpalsi!” II A look at their bodies And hearts feel their failing heartbeats Bodies need to beware Lest their bones cut for revenge For their peeled skins On their tired chairs Show their shy nakedness But backs care not […]
Drums, engines Receptive, rebellious, forceful, first Loving, hating, regretting Beats, hurts, remorse, sad Quitting, apologising, retaining Freedom, bitterness Human Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
Thoughts of childhood swim in limited freedom Thinking money, food love give happiness in this lifedom As time flirts with growth And conceives maturity through experiences We get to know There is no freedom in breath II Plants dance with the air But most breathers live on their deaths Trees bear weight Their skins pealed […]
We were like flowing rivers Free Worshipping through nature Matters of guns, bombs and brutal killings were rare Until our arms embraced Our minds did lace Our traditions turned mud And washed ashore Alien worshippings II Did we not know That their teeth will one day seek blood? Did we not know That their thoughts […]
Problems, like raw yams, Itch tongues Urging them to roll Like red carpets Aiming for knights to come through Shut the mouth tight And lock it in For ears abound Hovering to make fun forever With you on your painful problem stage II Problems like chopping onions Sting the eyes Forcing them to cry in […]
As goats’ fur hide their sweat And hens’ droppings Hide their urine Fishes’ tears drown in rivers and seas Swimming is attractive But permanent livers live suffocated As none sees their distress None feels their fears As they drown in their loving waters Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
They deemed me; a little shoot, weak Too fragile to any good seek And God did give them a puzzling trick Storms uprooted I fell and they laughed But He kept my roots intact Throwing loamy soil on them Giving them fair rains Fair sunlight And fair air II Still neglected I grew with loads […]
I whine and whine In lines and out-lines Shouting burning brimes Shouting bitter limes Shouting no time Shouting no dime As though You are in crime But You weave my success quietly like You in mime II I am not perfect Tiredness and fear soil chances of me being perfect But You show me respect […]
Minds sleeping Waste of lives Arms folded Bothers to chest or laps or hips Legs static Waste in mobility Rolling stones gather moss But their hardwork help them to clean Sayings is salt Too much of it Makes edibles not tastable So I rest thinking you sage Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
A branch falls from the sky And hearts rush into the mouth Rats roam for food And hearts rush onto fear horses And gallop like hell gates call for entry Songs of nightingales have turned aborminants For they are deemed allies Of faceless hands Who hurt and seize Or murder to own Even shadows of […]
A folded wonder In a living wonder Like a beautiful seed In a beautiful flower Breathes and coils Kicks and stretches Bloating up to help touch down II It is a wonder With many future wonders Blocking or fulfilling dreams with its dreams Causing a discomfort, generating anxiety Creating anticipation A space for a new […]
Stores of feeds Destroyer of seeds Sweats of beads Gluttonic deeds Like a pregnant fish out on the lands II Bloating of tummy They tell of signs of riches. Pain of an army! Oh! What? Blimey! Sure looks so ‘harmy’ Like a pregnant whale out on the lands III A beer washing fufu and potatoes […]
Mum Cee