I love packaging But humans hate packages Humans keep un-packaging Hating their own packages So they show their presents Which make many resent Their presents Why hate packaging? Why hate the packaged Who live in their packages? Why love the presents Who love to live outside packages? Package the un-packaged And stop un-packaging the packaged […]
I Under the hold of loneliness Thoughts confess As time stops or moves backwards II Under the hold of bad health Pain in severity profess As time stops or moves backwards III Under the the warm hold of fulfilment Happiness profess As time moves quickly forward IV In truth, Time is fair It moves at […]
I When dogs bark at night And owls hoot in support And thunders shout in fright Worry infested thoughts explain “This is pure witchraft How can this be? Dogs are barking Owls are hooting Thunders are striking They’re surely out to get me” Interpretations about with mood II Let there be peace Let there be […]
I When you always chase the Ivys You sail through unscathed Lovey-taunty Sackey-laughy Well, that was because Poison Ivy Was preparing II You bathed in their streams Faking heavens in their dreams Powdering on their tears Shaking their grounds to intensify their fears Well, that was because Poison Ivy Was preparing III Funny how you […]
I Sounds bouncing from realms of chaos Magnified by mouth of the cruel Shake ground II Heads powerful to shut them out Sit panicking in clothes of fear Just look III As the jerkings become intense They fold themselves into cocoon Of blame IV Poor weaklings […]
I Crawling for walking Walking for jumping Jumping for walking Walking for crawling II Undecipherable sounds for words Loud words for whispers Whispers for silence III Beauty for rots Strength for weakness Life Is Repetitive souls in different bodies Circulating in and out Of the earth and beings respectively In a globe that spins Amoafowaa […]
It is one Before two Not two Before one A jump may do Huge jumps may be disastrous So from one to three, Perhaps One to ten A fall which can be devastating Learn Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
I A bundle of sticks A bundle of brooms, both dried Battled each other II They were to compete Both showing togetherness By never breaking III Sticks laughed very hard At their small competitors Brooms looked but said naught IV Muscles were called in They picked the bundle of brooms They couldn’t break them V […]
I Thunders crying loud Lightening so bright, brief and proud Give some thoughts to cloud II Cloud is the river Taking the journey down earth You stay there always III It is not easy Migrating difficulties No wonder they cry IV Going to settle As tears is no easy feat So go easy on cloud […]
I Sleep for keeps Sleep without weeps Sleep of lustre nights and leaps Sleep of peace Sleep serene Buy all the plots from nightmares In my dream II Sleep of peace Sleep of care Sleep of many laughs and love Revealing sleep Safety sleep I promise your investment Will yield abundantly III Sleep of keeps […]
I When souls stray Minds lead walks As the bodies go astray II When bodies go astray They do many talks But they make no headway III Why will they make headway? When their head their soul stalks And their legs can’t lead the way? IV […]
Beauty Is like flowers They are pretty in prime They must take good pictures to last So they can look keenly and smile when old When they do sit in arms folding They live in sole regret So do some good For you Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
I Bright sun shines Caring not that light whines Light, as in bright electricity II For electricity is no competition It will always live in the shadows of the sun Burning eyes in some contact with them III Light lives in frustration Till its death Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
Talks tend to trail To taint Disappointing days Derail Let’s look, listen, learn And leap Stop singing silly songs Sealing sorrows Our optimism Overrule When we work well We’ll win Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
I Wise words, said in politeness, impact In songs and rhyme, they attract Sure, hearts will contract Dirt don’t act Ooops! II Men in companionship interact In hope to bores counteract Nice! Friction is fact In great pacts Whoops! III Handle it all and make them exact Words uttered […]
Plugged to the socket of deceit Swished till the view of defeat We are getting used to electrifications of shame But no! Let us not! Let’s be no plugs Neither must we give any shocks Let’s root our voices in sense Battling the unfairness of being plugged The pain of being electrified The fear of […]
I Sicknesses walk And authoritatively talk On palanquins of dirt Malnutrition Stress Carelessness Gluttony Poverty  Loss Heartbreak Loneliness II Destroy those palanquins And they are non existent Your burden My burden Will be gone forever Let’s try it Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
I A naughty fly left Its humble beautiful home To look for riches II It hovered around The food of a helpless child And ate to its fill III It saw excreta And decided to eat some It realised it stinks IV It searched more for cash And realised it has no safe To keep […]
I used to dwell on my eyes Until they shouted and scarred my mind Then I used my ears and dwelt on voices They scarred my head and taunted my mind I went ahead to use my eyes Reading words to fill my heart But they too, turned into monsters, Piercing my chest, chasing my […]
I I In loves nest Searched for beautiful eggs II While you On deception’s cage Built a durable lock III I found  fake eggs Treasured them For I thought they were yours IV Whiles happily cherishing the eggs, You led me little by little Into your cage V Locking me in darkness Bringing out your […]
I Caring is me Overprotecting, yes, sometimes Classy, I am Old and golden, yes, that’s me Not even my peelings are trash Under no circumstance do I fail to deliver Terrifying thirst hates my sight II I can breastfeed Produce oil, Work on hair like magic […]
If the world was so fair Then all will not care About everyone being fair How can the world be fair? When we step on the earth And hate its forever living dust? How can the world be fair When we are moulded dust And hate the source of our lives? How can the world […]
When dew kisses erect leaf The sun pushes it into the leaf Its punishment; Never to be seen as itself ever But help the skin of the leaf to shine To attract its rivals Play in the lions den And only your bones Will have that opportunity to scream The fly which hovers around cobwebs […]
I Kwaku searched and searched To steal and have happiness His search was futile But he kept at it with hope Stalking every smiling face II He bought spectacles And bought guns to scare and seize, Saved money to please, And bought handcuffs to cuff him When he catches him at last III He went […]
Lie on the sickness mat And see who uses his fanning hat When the sun sits at its angry best And many flies hope to push beings into the earth II Never be disappointed by what you see None will want to pay that fee Their safety is their thoughts’ keys Which locks consciences to […]
I Unripe fruits, abused Weak seeds, used New born plants, deflowered What are these? What are these? II Full blooms, seek Beautiful grooms, speak Strong hearts are weak So they abuse their strength They abuse the weak III The weak weeps With broken hearts They hide the fears You imprint on their souls. Â IV […]
I A lie needs a lie To help it go by Clean that hot lie And help it die down II A lie needs many lies To make it smile as it flies Uproot its deep roots To save it the many hoots III A lie ignites with lies To ruin many skies Quench the […]
I Frowning fits not the sky It makes the world so dry Please let there be a smiling sky So my time can go happily by II Darkness makes all things sly It makes all things go awry Let me take rest as it draws nigh So my wake  will be free of sigh III […]
I If only there were special lens Which see hearts’ writings which never ends And reads clearly; hurts, pains and yearns Each one will another properly fend II If only hearts have speech Which reaches hearts intended to reach All silent aches will be noticed with most cleared Saving deep wounds mostly dug till death […]
I We all know but refuse to acknowledge It hides, calm like a lioness about to hunt, Giving its prey silence to encourage It to draw near for a catch so easily blunt When its growth goes far beyond its storage Its dreadful fumes will […]
I think of now and before I know not what is in store I see not the work of law I see crimes brought to the fore And see children refuse their chore I aim to know its prompt core Living such life I abhor For real justice, I swore But my voice always mops […]
I It roams in some parts Of Liberia, Sierra Leone, And Guinea, scary! II It has not spread wings To other fifty countries Yes we are that many III Shun not the largest Using ebola as bait For it hunts for all IV Instead of shunning Why don’t we find a stronger Force to fight […]
I On its boat We aim to gloat Forgetting when we fall we’ll bloat No matter the nature of our coat II There are many to note But we, on its beauty dote Basking in our ability to float Until its vices make us emote III We then think of what advanced travellers wrote And […]
Here we are In the day which sat Why can’t it sit to fit? Is the past its bait? What is its secret that it sits in the past? I asked and all it says is “ur” Annoying how day relieves it Cutting short my questions I want to sit now Why must I work, […]
Life An endless baton Of no marked winners Love Undecipherable Holds hearts like its toys Death Ghostly thief uncaught Master of its art We Live and love and die The baton forever continues Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia
I wish none had hair Then all could share the rubrics of the fair Heads; Round Pointed Oblong Will battle And mamas will battle To showcase their handiworks From birth till cartilages turn bones Then beauty will be real art And long silkies, Beautiful bushes Short and long Whatever colour Will have no voice in […]
I That spine Is not a swine Treat it fine And it’ll do you fine II Sitting and bending Lying, twisting and not exercising Being in one sitting Feeling it hurting without caring III Just know one thing It does no flings Once it is hurt beyond repairs Its breakage is your breakage, yes, you have […]
When the leaves leave The fans will not fan The winds will wind and wind But will find no sky toys And will have to make do with down rooters Who will never be pawns In their playfulness Dust may do But won’t the wind get bored playing with just one? Just watch Play the leaves […]
I The same safe canoe Which gently took you to sea Can also drown you II The pot caretaker Can also be pot breaker A famous saying III So what? She broke pots Know she gave the tendering hand And realize that much IV We are fallible She may be greatly at fault But you […]
Hear the world’s bell chime And the world’s air rhyme See many a  crime With payment of no dime See the world as lime And do goodness mime Now know your prime Then you can use your time In time Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
Think of me Me who sleeps Sleeps in filth Filth which reeks pain Pain which kills Kills innocent souls Souls which help Help in shaping this world World of chaos Chaos which makes way Way for more suffering Suffering of sadness Sadness which kills Kills the soul Soul which leads Leads to the spirit Spirit […]
I I live to sin A not so proud of trademark As much as possible, please prompt me Lightning my path for me to  clearly see II There are the needs And there are the wants Please help my needs And be graceful with my wants III There are the lovers There are the loathers […]
A shining light beckons Go, go, go Step into its realm And dream It is not sleep that beckons It is your angel Calling in the sweetest voice With the best of intentions Intentions of protection Sleep and let thoughts weep For the angels rise in defence They fan and dote on you So there […]
Will the poor be saved? No! No! No! And No! They will never be saved No matter their struggles Most will fall at the hands of poverty Because they are businesses Businesses of some unscrupulous dudes Who profit at their sufferings And revel in their misery The dirtier the better The more pathetic, the richer […]
Crashers of nuts Who crash not their seeds Water pourers Who break not the pots Hear this sound From a clever mind If you crash the nuts Do crash their seeds If you pour the water Do crash the pots Leaving these tells of tales Of your dumbness of dumbness If you can’t crash their […]
Sinking deep in the stormy sea Alone in the vast, no stick to see I clutch at my fist To gain a seat I see my legs on floating feet Left, right, up and down My eyes can see Only the waters of the sea Yelling of pain Noise of chaos Frightening roars As war […]
Dreadful dreams Stir horror’s nest Real they seem Unreal they seem The pot of thoughts Is stirred by fear The heat of reality Boils and cooks Thoughts wander far from legs Danger dens are far from seen Now dreadful dreams do nothing Dreadful thoughts kill the soul Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014 (MY THOUGHTS: Thoughts […]
I I am a wall gecko A harmless wall gecko Whose life is seen Even on screens II I am no chameleon I can’t be a chameleon Whose body mirrors Its foes and friends III With wriggles to hide Have pity on me I don’t aim to hurt Or kill a being IV I’m in […]
I The child in me Peeps to see The adult I am And helps me see What I’m missing II I’d like to play around And make all the healthy sounds I’d like to throw tantrums And sit on the filthy ground… Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
She sat on her heart Like an oldly used torn mat And tried to be pretty II Hurt like angry waves Broke out of  her heart’s locked gate Flooding her sad world III The sweet birds watching Her beauty, flew far away Watching and curious IV Why would she lie thus? Pretending to have new […]
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