Pressed in Tightly pressed in are the desires of life Into the heart that is tied and prevented from growing There are ambitions begging to be chased Freedom begging to be worn As heat lives in a body of clothes There are bodies begging for sunlight Bodies begging for air Voice begging for a song […]
A house devoured all homes As the skies sat to watch The only saviour was an anthill Which stood stillĀ filing its nails, Caring not about the chaos II A mouse chased a lion As all cats hid behind trees, watching The only saviour was a housefly Who sang and sang and cared not About the […]
I wish today were tomorrow At least I could have slept till six I wish today were tomorrow For the strain in my drains the rains could drain II I wish today were tomorrow When responsibility could sleep and wake at another dawn I wish today were tomorrow Tired sorrows could be killed by restful […]
] Bubbles Beautiful, bouncy Brightening, blooming, beaming Attention, smiles, eyes, hands Bursting, breaking, disappointing Phantom, pathetic Soap Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
There are times as these Times when the mind’s gig seems full Heating beyond the highest temperature And calling to a stop all body parts but more knowledge begs for place II There are times as these When sleep dresses in a sexy apparel And sits on a heaven far from human Singing lullabies like […]
Mama, Dada did not dada maybe because you didn’t look like a mama To Dada II Mama, you didn’t need to mention Dada when I erred in any era for me to remember I had no Dada III Mama, I am not in anyway Dada who left you even when you were sadder so please […]
Somewhere Dreams are tied by tiresome sires Like caught slaves in comfort caves Serving the deserving who live in heaven II Somewhere Dreams are being chased by an angry faced Like a hungry lioness with sharp rawness As it taunts in haunt to flaunt III Somewhere Dreams beg on a leg Like a beggar who […]
In a home prepared so well It takes no seer to tell There’ll not be a sound of bell To alarm chaotic cell There’ll be no mouth to sell News of how anyone fell And no voice will ever yell To create scenes of gossip gel CHORUS So clear the bushes And cut the hushes […]
We are like beans In different pods But you are like the sun, air and rain On my comfortable grounds In a sky where darkness has a portion You are that patient god Hiding in the heavens Rooting for this little star When I lose my light in the fury of darkness You tear through […]
In this heat You are my waterfalls So lukewarm like a mild cooler Because of your good communication with the sun When I trip in you You giggle and hug me in dance Bouncing me ticklish You quench my anger Like a skilled fireman Washing my sins Like water washing sand Many are those who […]
Crumbling blocks Caving beams Lord give me eye contact II Raging seas Ravaging seams Lord give me eye contact III Wrecking rails Wincing realms Lord give me eye contact IV While troubles are bubbling And hearts are smoking Lord, please do give me eye contact V This pain is a cancer This train is hell […]
If I am made to write “My Best Friend” I will think of all the time My stomach rumbled as you sheltered my rear I feed you filth But you provide a seat And when I am cornered by an angry mob You are my fortress My hiding place On your head, I have thought […]
Drained of thoughts Its mouth suckling the best out Like a hungry wicked baby lioness Rendering me headacheful It pulled what was there Pulled what was not there Perturbed what dodgedĀ And rendered me exhausted Examinations Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c)2015
They fall Fall at the feminine feet Which has more than a masculine mind Shouting blessings Blessings which show pain on their faces Pain they try to mask with humour with no success What is it about ego? Did God create this soul To make men feel inadequate? Like cornered rats, they look Sometimes with […]
No matter the defect No grave shaming is correct Imagine a human feeling like an insect Calm solving gives effect Shaming like a bouncy ball can deflect Ā So please perfectionist, do reflect And carve a suitable dialect For a newbie with defect Your affection will grow that reflect And reflection will avoid future neglect And […]
The moon has its shine And trains the stars to also shine It needs no light from the sun, Although it shares the same sky, In order to guide its fans So darkness fears her time Although it chooses her time to reign Oh yeah, darkness loses itself in her If the sun is man […]
Hot figure Smiles are not meagre Brains deliver Lord brings a ladder on many a river Strength soars in hopeless a quiver So I am winning Yeah, winning the war of living II A pretty woman Is a power bomb Wrapped to kill the highest hurdles in mandom All one needs is the know-how to […]
Left like a dirty rag The fruit had no tag It rolled abandoned like a stray cat All fled its way like an ebola bat Until it was pronounced forbidden II It began calling like angelic tuned Stirring those all thought most immuned Developing sexy alluring legs Appealing to eyes to stay glued like clothes […]
I know the heavens were busy They were busy preparing for the feast of loving For the heavens and earth Even Satan might have been invited To grace the occasion and see for himself The arms to soothe all; All his pain inflictions in hearts of children Children in Dzifa’s zone So all unborns clapped […]
Thirst’s tantrums tend to taint Trailing torture in its passion’s tent Soiling its living flowing scents Earth is the healer The purifier of its taints But thirst is insatiable until breathe leaves Why it gets to arrest its quencher And does the same things As tainting its structure again and again I won’t know But […]
They say being nude is crude And being crude is rude But stories of creation Speak boldly of a nude nation Then, maybe enticings got us here Yes, enticings of yesteryears got us here But no matter how hungry a person is Will he make another’s food his? Like snakes, we aim to point fingers […]
As the clouds hang to rain And the body sits in stain When the soul sits in pain I remember the story of Cain II What’ll eyes do when they see disdain? Sets look doomy so tears it gain What is painful is it is set on refrain, Again? III Is there a thought bin? […]
I am a lost lioness Lost for losing her young Lost for not watching her sail along In my un-cleverness My punishment? Mercy, conscience, have mercy! Whip me not like a wayward child Whip me not like a stubborn one Whip me not I know I have erred Erred because I live in a wrong […]
Here I am in a studying mood While memorizing and understanding brood My name walks into my ears There I watched and a hot colleague stood II I brave a smile And he goes a mile Sat and peeked like a love struck bull ‘Not today’ I muse to me, rising to my throat some […]
She was bright When she said she was right “You need no fright Because coupling makes life light” And my mind went quiet because I needed no fight It was her time and I needed her bright But now she sings like an owl, after three stone throws, her pained songs to me After her […]
Education Sensible, powerful Intimidating, irritating, enlightening Knowledge, openness, critical, analytical Socialising, questioning, answering Timeless, honour Learning Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
The Creator is a creator For His worldly creation Talk about the earth; Its dancing air The flowery vegetation for feeding and healing The varying livers, The flowing streams and rivers Into the biggest seas, The complex and brilliant thoughts; Creating after being created Talk about the sky And its alternating lights and clouds Talk […]
Measured breaths Measured steps Measured seeings And measured intakes There are supreme beings at post II Measured sayings Measured thoughts Measured laughter And measured life There are supreme beings at post Lost and lost we say we pray but we are puppets who must be together and fight Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
Buses of sainthood Toot their horns Waiting impatiently for the visiting Holy Month Horrid hearts which were shelved Stretch and open eyes Waiting for the right time to descend and blend By tomorrow, a frown will cause a dirty slap All goats must heed their owners’ calls Or risk ending up in strange pots Hot […]
Deep within a burdened heart Is a heat of fear that heartily lights Firing up when love is close Burning deep into fetching tears II Care sits still into defection Future pain rings its deafening bell Burning possibilities in an antagonising hurting pot Leaving the heart to curse its lot III Even angels fail to […]
We bask in the masses’ dirty clay And taint out royal thrones of grace Fearing whisperings which eye our ways We taint and taint until fate does faint II We drink from the masses dirty well And help in their sachet dirty sells Fearing hurts of eyes which look in strangeness We drink and drink […]
Birds are singing Like theyāve won their lives Winds are dancing Like theyāve won their lives Trees are praising Like theyāve won their lives What can I do to show youāre worthy? Like a good machine Breath grinds my being Mobility is fine My joints, in sync What can I do to show youāre worthy? […]
Hey mosquito Please do quit o I love my land And you are an unwelcomed guest Ā II Hey mosquito Please do quit o Who are you to fetch and infest On a land which is not thine? Ā III Hey mosquito I have a plan o I will get my palm wet And wait […]
He says her nomination lies in her bra Her competence in her skirt Ā Her ascension is only a step So she has to flirt II Ā He says she is like a flower So pretty and fragile Ā So she has to be in a vase Ā So she can long life embrace Ā III Ā I see her like […]
Ā When I am down I think of a clown Who gets a crown For wiping many a frown In a sad sad town Ā II Described by children as foolish And by the critiqued as brutish Described by the stressed as funny And by a lover as a bunny What reigns supreme is he […]
Excited, I felt the pangs of passions Anxious, I yearned for thoughts of favour Loving, I waited for the angelic verdict But in he came with a plan to have And hold firm another flower in bloom Oh God! And I felt dirty in gentle thoughts II How odd I could have shrugged it off […]
Colour is choice Of the artist turned creator Colour is naught But a paint to grace II Colour is naught But misinterpretation hails some And like the idiots who fight for paints And leave the house for ants and rats We hail it so, living in hate III Black is deep White is pale A […]
Deeds abound Calling all around To pick their choices In the wake of their voices Choices of good Will be the soul’s food Choices of bad Will beat the soul hard So through the torture and the pain Through the suns and through the rain Through the Shame and all the fame Through the smart […]
Ā God, I hate to ask this of You But I have to ask anyway I need an erection Give me an erection An erection as hard as the Kwahu Mountains To gain the attention of all domineering To call them to order Ā II I need to replace this flat land With a gargantuan […]
āWāi wāi, wāi, wāi wāi!ā Islamic rules wear traditional smocks Sweating under oblivion in locks Powering croaky voices and attracting flocks Who open fem-stalls and put in stocks Hammering submission like traveling seconds of clocks They proudly say they are the cocks Ā II āWāi wāi, wāi, wāi wāi!ā I am sure when Islam reached […]
Part stone, part metal, covered in mud She is carved Even sharpened venomous teeth seep not They only scratch her mud coverings which you easily rebuild Your mood while carving, I am curious Packing so much strength in that small a frame Carving so many angels to watch over her This soul stands afar and […]
In these times I humbly enter into the shelter of the veiled And call on Allah for a brief chat On how to free heads in veils From oppression in the savannah wombs turned tombs Ā II In these times I humbly ask Allah, why voices of the veiled are evil And why the veiled […]
Birds sing tunes in happy dew Dozing leaves are far from few Winds stir pots with unknown brew Another test of life is simply due II I know that God does keenly peek From clear spectacles He does right seek Many of His homes do corruption leak Sneak peek at its peak, a stenchful reek […]
Sun bathes in cold clouds Stars giggle following moon Descending dawn stairs Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
When dawns rise And hide stages of surprise Unleashing the suns On those in filthy cans They feel the pressure Like an unskilled hunter looking for a treasure They feel the many eyes burn And the many heads turn To their directions Pointing at all omissions What is man to do? When the stage is […]
I When hurdles pile dirty in a long long while And visions get blurry like a mirror in steam Then you are almost getting to the end of the cliff II When passions get confusing like illusion so sore As hearts battle heads at the crossroad of sanity and madness Know you are almost getting […]
I wan say am But ibi like say I can’t Why? Last time, when person opened im mouth And said those people be fools, dem cut im head like chicken Another person too go say that them be like dogs And cats and lions He too, im body turn meat wey was shared for dogs […]
Mother Ghana wake! Wake from thy slumber! Wake too late and you shall curse your fate!! II Mother Ghana wake! Suns are roasting heads of your savannah children Meat has sanity beaten, causing peace to flee III For meat, your children turn meat Slashing ears and slashing heads Piercing eyes and pulling hearts like dogs. […]
Hearts intertwined like threads Ā lost in channels Crossing each other, hurting each other Pulling at each other, tearing each other A world of chaos and anarchy As they knot in frost Soon, we might need a scissor-like equipment To cut through in order to save ourselves Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
SHAMIMA “I am going to kill myself Yes, kill myself Society says an old man is my portion Because his white hairs shine wisdom and care I can’t live like a defiant fighting death off him So I will kill myself” ABLAVI “Kill yourself? Wait let me join you to kill ourselves Society says I […]
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