In your hands Like the shell of the tortoise on distant lands Do me keep Draw a boundary And make it my country And like a protected bird, make me fly In your band Like kids play in the sand Keep me happy I hear the bangs And teeth of enemies clang […]
What do we want? What are we doing? Why are we aiding time When we need our souls to race time? It is vanity upon vanity Crying in seclusion Shattering our own hearts Into million pieces Under the teary eyes of dumb ceilings, It is vanity upon vanity Quickly putting together our hearts […]
Inventions, to die for. Theories, treasures. Some have no measures And no sense Why will one make a god Of paper which can cause us to Kneel in degradation? A giver for need A taker only to give One without needs accumulates As the needer kneels in shame As the common paper taunts When bored […]
She was a good carrier And a pain reliever She is a pure lover And a life keeper She is a tower And can be a flogger She is way stronger And makes her opinion clearer She is my bearer And my corrector She is my pain sufferer My mother. Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia © 2014
Polished legs thread from far To the cenotaph of the martyr Outside this cenotaph is an expensive son et lumiѐre Some ears are cocked in pretence When they obviously take strolls In the opposite direction! He gave his life on a strange land But who cares? Male minds respond to the calls of the brazen […]
Your oration of war abeyance Reduces no annoyance I won’t be used as your lance To ride pretty horses as you dance To the tune of their rhythm while keeping your balance There’s been the wasted chance That makes me look askance At your words whose flaws are enhance’ Nothing will suffice, publishing banns […]
It was a rainy day When you said your nay To our hearts’ yay The storms destroyed my chest engine With every step you took making me lean And branding me a melancholia Darkness shielded me from jubilating eyes The moon became my friend and foe The glowing greens my confidants Amoafowaa Sefa […]
You’re an inspiration And deserves my adoration Honest words stings But when heeded to, your praise sings In a world where keeping appearances Is the order of getting assurances You are a rare gem And this root cannot do without your stem Your foetus womb must be proud Even if it is one voice out […]
When the trees in love sway, The dogs in love lay, The horses cheer in a sleigh, And the chickens with their chicks stray, You are all that fills me and so I pray That I’ll meet your stay. When you made me choose between you, the station The children or the nation A […]
My limb was given for the safety of humanity
To stop their being slaughtered like chickens
His is as a result of an unfair accident
Hers a natural disaster
Mouths which yap before knowing
Namerl stands in front of the assembly hall of Prestige Senior High School. Certainly, there should be a way out of this. This poor girl cannot go home like this. Where did the world go so wrong that teachers will rape students and go scot free? And if the student is pregnant, shouldn’t the said […]
When they do you push Into the bush Confuse the crowd and act proud When they push you into a ditch And call you a bitch Confuse the crowd and act proud When they dig a pit And you fall in the shit Confuse the crowd and act proud When they sit […]
Conquer hurt Conquer diseases Conquer hurdles Conquer pain Conquer poverty Conquer loneliness Conquer failure Conquer attacks Try a smile, It works magic. Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014.
Your physique has made you rabid Your growth in anger rapid Many have put on you a bid That you’ll soon grow stupid. Why this sudden morbid Fascination of the sordid? Sit back, let them judge from what you did Instead of doing what will make you a kid Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) […]
It is a clothing meant for one It’ll surely tear When we both force in The fault is yours The fault is mine Let’s part on a very mutual ground Two bulls will certainly lock horns When an interest turns competitive Your view is good and mine is bad My view is good and […]
“Lord kill my enemies” They forget they’re also children of God “Lord open success doors” Sometimes they do forget it goes hand in hand with hard work “Lord close every eye to my folly” They forget “a man reaps what he sows” “Lord why me?” Who should it be if it shouldn’t […]
When I hear the chuckling And sees her mouthy pouting I feel like throwing my fist and giving her a sound beating The irritant! When I see her dressing And many complementing I feel like throwing my fist and giving her a sound beating This irritant! When she does her taunting By pulling […]
The eye watches It is a powerful tool Good or bad, no cram needed Just pick a thing. His biodata your eye watches No matter how intense it spells fool His life’s pen cannot be weeded Neither can yours, so just pick a thing Pencils are like torches They can be on and […]
It’s not Christmas But I need Santa To bring you from my dreams And have you work on my seams, To direct your eyes to me And see the pain I feel, To have your magic hands Massage the pain I feel, To take me on in an exercise And exhaust […]
I am covered by the clothes of darkness Covered as I sit in utter madness Eyes see but ears hear more So my voice runs to the fore These clothes cover my weakness This weakness of grave meekness Which makes me a word whore Although I have never read law Perhaps light would […]
If you play the low, I’ll leave, you know Stop it, no do it I’m feeling the heat under the beat Stop it, no do it I’ve lost control and I’m going slow Stop it, no do it Where will it end if I don’t pretend Stop it, no do it […]
This is me So let it be I do not have those long legs That will call for the begs I don’t have the heavy chest Which many will seek their rest I don’t have the perfect look Which will cause many to have me book This is me, Short me, Short legged me, Ugly […]
Will I leave a giant tree And go for flat earth When I own no giant tree And only own a flat earth? Will I leave a broad chest To go for a standing chest When I have no broad chest And only have a standing chest? I love what I love Though […]
Are you laughing Because you are pretty and sitting As the general factotum Is given the ultimatum To do your bidden Or risk being beaten and ridden Like a horse? It becomes pitiable and sorrowful When the fool thinks herself wonderful Even when the world sees her foolery. Look carefully And picture her in your […]
Be quiet! There’s stench from the old Be quiet! And listen to the voice of the child Blood which is same mix into the earth Funny how the guns seem different, Funny how the humans seem different, Funny how the language is different, Funny how the blood make love, Hold hands and enter the earth […]
I can lie here on my bed Fighting fair with few words This does not mean I am afraid Bring your cutlass, bring your gun If I could only get my words across Destroying my body erases them not There’s no way my words will rot Until eternity they’ll ring in your head Then […]
The tailor sows And the wearer refuses to see his nudity The writer writes And the reader refuses to read The seller sells And the buyer refuses to buy The doctor learns to heal And the patient decides to die The lawyer extends his hands The culprit chooses natural fate […]
It has no sympathy It would have waited a while For you to taste the soup you brewed with love before having you for supper There is also the gods’ apathy Contributing to your being taken Before your soup was done Half done, I cried tears of blood, seeing as other cooks tended […]
When I look at your face, I wish to have God’s grace To re-create. Why He will place a gem In a scary bottle beats my mind. You shine, Everyone flees For fear of your brutal consumption Having no thoughts of you being their messiah of peace Oh you monstrous beauty! I will help you […]
The taste of pepper differs From the taste of onion The taste of tomato differs From the taste of carrots The taste of cucumber differs From the taste of green beans But like soldiers with different abilities, They, under the commander of fire, hold hands to fight the enemy of hunger […]
God gave me a full house To welcome a special visitor and pleasurably keep his gifts Which will prepare themselves to be my eyes When my sight fails, To be my legs When my mobility wanes, To be my mind When my thoughts fail, To be my hands When shivers overtake them. Why then do […]
You came in like a cool breeze And left like an angry storm Who would have thought a wolf could hide in that safe wool? Maybe I must cut some skin Whenever I see a sheep Then I’ll gladly tend to the pain if the sheep is truly a sheep Step on once […]
I need no promises of gifts When I have double a hand I need the hands who’ll work with me To gain what will forever bind I need no bed of roses Whose thorns will pierce my youthful pride I need many straws, you and I will weave To keep our mending knowledge […]
Let’s dance under the moon light Where no one will put up a fight The moon will gladly give us light So our toes will be in plain sight Let’s admire our pretty natural selves With the fireflies who’ll watch themselves Me with my braided foamy hair You with your beautiful intense stare […]
Working angel be her guide Thoughts of that night hunts Threats of a repetition Hangs like a sword of Damocles On her young head She has no listener And is not old enough to have a knight in shiny armour What formed her cannot form another in her That the hands of cradle joined the […]
I walk on this esplanade Loving the sea My eyes sees the sea But sees no sea Funny? Let it not be There is a path for you And a path for me You might be seeing yours But I don’t see mine Even with my bright eyes Your eyes might be deceiving you So […]
How do I go home? With empty hands and a clean conscience Or A full hand and a tainted conscience? How do I go home? Pouting like a barking dog Or swimming like a satisfied swan? How do I go home? With smiles on the faces of senders Or tears? How do […]
They bow, any time she speaks At a glance, many squeak and steal peeks They stand even when he wears a band At a glance, everyone extends a hand Then my eyes look at me, then at you And your eyes look at you then at me Fishes caught in the same boat? […]
Suddenly the street develops a womb Unlike humans, it delivers a dozen multiplied a million At a go All needing food, all needing clothing, All needing care when money is rare Suddenly the street with no money makes it her hobby A hobby to produce without a care of their care Who is their father? […]
One day my sky will open And there’ll be no burden I’ll hear sweet sounds From angelic mouths And all my pains will run One day my sky will open And eat up all my mountains It’ll quench my thirst And dry my sea To give me way to travel One day my […]
I live on a tree Which sits on the earth Come to think of it, who doesn’t? Then you must be some human Food you eat, Some clothes you wear, The air you breathe, All come from the tree And its plant kingdom So boldly call me an animal Without thinking of what you are […]
Young girli you no fear? You touch lion’s tale without a care Shebi you want your house to be broken through You fear consequence but you want to play Young girli hold on tight This night your nyash go cry foul “If I close your eyes where can you touch?” He can touch it […]
It’s a cold, cold night And I am so so sad I think of all the pain And what my pride has gained And sings this melody of love, regret and yearning ooooh CHORUS: If I have another chance: I will move the world to fetch the sky and bring the stars […]
I am a half-baked potato I belong here, I belong there I belong not here, I belong not there When I do some awesome feat All sides will claim it is their trait Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia © 2014.
Age must be a curse Especially when it comes with an empty purse No one thinks to take a guess If at a point it was worth something, this mess Even shit once had a price Many might have fought for them with audience and money dice But saying this will not suffice A […]
I don’t need only a fan To always kill my heat I also need the mirror To see my flaws I don’t need only a shoulder To always be my shield I also need some arms To push and cheer me on I don’t need only a shield To always block my battle […]
Mamavi climbs the tree on one of the chain of mountains that encircle their small village and sees the Hohoe River. How beautiful it lies with its serene obedient waves playing on its surface. The Lawoe Mountain sits close to it as the waves gently stroke its roots. There is nothing as beautiful as […]
There is yam on the roasting board Acting now as the celebrity of shame Many eyes shine in mouth attraction As it employs huge ears to fit its seams What is the importance when it is the seams of shame? I wish she knows she isn’t the first There was a time when the […]
Unequal toe nails complete the feet So some go on the clouds On the backs of their partners Who act as paraglides to prove themselves? And some receive the gifts of stars On the handless bodies of their lovers Who exchange their hands to prove their worth? Oh! Some watch with tears […]
I have been bitten by the thorns of cupid Its teeth chewing deep into the bones of my heart, Its claws digging deep into my knee bones Rendering me immobile I have been bitten by the thorns of cupid Like a fool, I saw only its beautiful roses Like a fool,I decided to decorate […]
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