You think I live to you annoySo like a demonic praying mantise, you wish me deadBut my death will not make you enjoyThe life you live in your head IIFor you’re you and I’m meDeath, like that sure road is waiting for theeAs it is for meDeath can only be my ever resting phaseOnly pushing […]
Death is like the journeyEveryone will embark onIt is painful and uncannyBut life’s reality does so rely on…its distasteful tiesThat’s why we will cryAnd always rememberBut we will live until we all dieWe will not slumberAnd we will not lieWe will work hard till our harvests reach its bumperJust to you rememberFor you lived a […]
You are the only one who can swim through skinTo fetch the leveler unseen…by naked eyes IIYou are the only one who can slap the indoctrinatedAnd hug the incarcerated…through definite byes IIIYou’re the only one who can cut short breathsDeceiving through lengths and breadths…in echoing lies IVYou’re the only one who distinguishes God…from many a […]
On this scary fieldWith no answering buildWith hands, no arms in wieldAnd bodies, no immortal shieldI know we will all, to your trap, yieldBut set a fairness to your guild IIYou’re hunting the awesomeAnd gunning beauties and the handsomeYou’re leaving many as lonesomeAnd branding many hearts loathsomeYou’re posing as fearsomeAs your deeds set marks so […]
When loved ones fallWe are called to pain’s hallWith aching hearts painted so dullAnd disbelieving minds acting nullWith pity for selves and the otherHurting for good times lost forever We gather in shudder …to remember 2.When loved ones dieWe dread the byeBut we meet to greet the painWhile we treat death with disdain As we […]
Please tell me your name in dateSo I can crown your preparation in grand stateFor I’ll hate to be found in tattered drawers Or worse in my birthday suit…by my reveredAnd I’ll hate to be seen without my shea shineEven if flies start to on me whineSo tell me your name in date III’ll hate […]
Each and his flightEven if it is not alrightSomeone’s flight will be a hospital bedSomeone’s flight will be a homesteadSomeone’s flight will be a a carSomeone’s flight will be at a normal barSomeone’s flight will be a roadSomeone’s flight will be an abodeEach and their flight to deathDifferent from our path of birth IIEach and […]
When sacks and wombs see their seeds in tombsAnd sadness threatens a madnessThrough no cult of their faultsDear Ahunuabobirim, please deal them a healing IIWhen hurts blurt much hateAnd vengeance rings bells of emergenceWhen dreams harvest screamsAnd self loathing won’t shed itselfDue to sacks and wombs seeing their seeds in tombsDear Odomankomah, do deal them […]
There is a death in deathWhich births dread and sheds hopeOf a revival, maybe as a punishment…for swerving survivalI dread your deathsAs I pray, touching on all cultural send offs…in my mind for all yous…sharing a big tombWhen the wombs which birthed your existence…knew not each other III smell your hurts in your stench…your pain […]
If you’re reading thisWith spectacles struggling to fitAnd a mind struggling to grab a bliss…of concentrationKnow there was a time you were strongAnd did to many hearts belongYou did get few decisions wrongBut you sure did feel among IIIf you can walk not without helpKnow you did run, jump, hopAnd scaled many a wall like […]
At the sound of an ambulanceMany a fears dance…in horrid guessesPainting pictures of gory messes IIAt the sound of an ambulanceMany a pitiable stories sprout in many a chanceTelling tales of families at war with deathHolding guns of prayers hoping to unearth…death in order to shoot and saveIf only human eyes were unblinded to death! […]
She is walking in the rainAnd thinking herself basking in warm sunShe is floating on the happiness of pressureTrying her best to write her testsShe is thinking of building a mansion for her mamaOnce she makes it through her hard workBut fate has uprooted that dreamAnd family have blocked her knowing IIAn accident cost her […]
Some suns rise …they rise through clouds Some suns rise …they rise through rains Some suns are lucky …to rise through clear skies But some suns …some good good suns never rise to bless their days Still all are suns worthy of mention II Some suns shine They shine through their clouds Some suns shine […]
They hang on top of tall trees …like shadows in the dark Their noses on radar …searching for who and or what will fall In order to swoop down for feasts II They are the best friends of death …those vultures! They are one of the biggest benefactories of death …those vultures! They are part […]
When I finally leave Let it be known that I was the leaf which struggled to stay …on the right branches of the tree of life And heeded no intimidating winds II When I finally leave Let it be known that I lived like a sheep …meek, mild, affable, humble But fought like a lioness […]
Spirit I wish to dish a dream To retake life and live to the brim And grow your soul to sell fulfillment …to your all before the call of your fall Ib It is always abnormal when a young fruit falls …from its strong tree As many a ripe ones hang Why are the cruel […]
Adwoa Fɔdwoɔ Adwoa Fɔdwoɔ de saa de saa …akɔ fam owuo bo sɛɛ bam! Ama ne mmadwoa mpaebɔ aka agu N’awareɛ anidasoɔ abutu Ne Na ahobanbɔ apaska …ama ne bayie kwaadu ɛɛdɛre buruburu te sɛ Ɔbonsamgyamu faango aka bɔne gya Amanfoɔ eebisa deɛentia dua-wui gyina nkwamu …ɛɛma dua-mono abu Yei laaa! b Adwoa Fɔdwoɔ Adwoa […]
All those who boast with toasts …of having the most Should know, earth is a temporary host And all with breaths are future ghosts II All those who read into shreds …of knowledge’s reds Will go, when their flag bells ring III So live like a sun …rising to set Live like a rose …blooming […]
I’d like to be a vein in your thoughts To see what sadness for you has got To know what your weeping soul has bought …for your many thoughts II I’d like to be in your thoughts To hear the horrors in your heart As the call for casket closure booms Do your hurts now […]
Heads buy thoughts from many sources As to how it is beneath, ha! Untrusting, fearing, praying Souls shiver in spirits which scare bodies But we know the trip is imperative No matter our standing II I know death is an animal unseen That whose teeth tire not in chewing That whose hunt never fails That […]
I look at the grieving me in any mirror And see the monstrous horns of horror I think about the remaining you in the cold In between the teeth that earth crush in fold Then I remember I was told There was a concrete with cement sold To the mouth of the earth through the […]
Gates of life are on shes Fact! Hammers for carving those gates are on hes Another fact! But birth births death And hides in sicknesses Accidents Suicides Cruelty Old age Always conniving with time To blow forgetfulness On its mischievous handiwork How cunning! Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia © Dec. 26, 2018
I was wrong I was wrong to try to tear this mud house Into a palace of comfort For a future I knew nothing of II I was wrong I was wrong to move you to the best place I thought possible Knowing not I was pushing you into a dangerous dungeon III I was […]
If my tomorrow never comes And my end’s vehicle lands Will I, like a legless eagle with broken wings, soldier across To my ancestral land with a smile Or throw tantrums and be dragged there like a prisoner? II If my tomorrow never comes What will I be on tongues of others? A chewing gum […]
If I knew I would bury my seed And feel the rot which my happiness bought And rock the cot which cries of cold I wouldn’t have bothered in its plantation II If I knew the ways of death And of its throat Which swallowed more than pythons In a realm where my eyes can’t […]
A decade ago I was a decade less from three My leaves as fresh as the morning dew My stem as strong as the odum tree My roots as firm as the nim tree But here I wilt Into the dungeons of death II My voice was as sharp as the sharpest sword Cutting down […]
It stirs the pots of love On bright fires of happiness And takes out the juiciest meats Leaving soups watery with their crumbs II When death hurts It swoops down like a hawk And arrests the most promising chickens Leaving its family too stifled to weep III When death hurts Tears hide from eyelids Fancying […]
Clouds form to give life to rain Rivers flow to give strength to seas Plants grow to feed, heal or kill But beings grow into the earth We know not the colour of ghosts Like meteorologists and their audience Some predict Some believe Some sit on fences to just watch We, these sad girls Amoafowaa […]
Did I see it green or brown? Did I see it not at all? Did I see it still or wavering? Maybe the eyes of my sight is lost Now I look But I see not it The sight sees all But what seems lost Like a paint eaten by its sheet Its debris remains […]
Death is like a school The many that pass through Are like the many admitted The students complain Like dried leaves under feet Yet take it all The punishments and sleepless nights Sitting for examinations Passing or failing to fall Leaving a replaceable space The only killer of death known now Is birth If birth […]
Oh what feathers on that meat What beak it rocks What comb it flags What legs it models Whatever lies beneath those feathers Are like future chewables Calling hidden saliva To assemble on tongue grounds Its foundation structures like unbreakables Waiting to be subdued by teeth grinders Whatever occasion will call for this Will be […]
I know you swallow it all Green or brown in lastly fall Weak or strong when they’re slashed by the “amuntum” call A call of croaks from the throat of “Yaamoa Owuo” II Is conscience lacking you Or you lack the pit to carry its pot? Who eats the little bitter mangoes When ripe ones […]
When I hear the death of death I shall be a worthy ghost One lower spirits will fail to host And higher spirits will use to boast As satisfaction sits like a queen on my coast Watching pain roast Like a live coward losing breath II When I do hear news of the death of […]
There are new shoots begging to see the world Airs are ringing bells For leaves to leave their creators And follow the air to the land of their birth Or other lands for fertility Like all, the earth partners great trees Shedding breaths long overdue To make way for the new So creation is like […]
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 […]
“Bue! Ouch! Agyeiiii! Meku la! Aaaaah!” Mourning Sounds of today Like a deathzone Everything reeks mourning From shooting of God’s men in church To thunders lighting the fires of flood to “ghosten” beings Sounds of today! II “Ei! Eh? Wosh! Appalling!” Suprising sounds of today Hidden answers find themselves naked on the market Prostituting and […]
When all gains wane And all sanes stale The world writes right Deeds and live frights That’s why I entreat CHORUS Paints horrors With beams of smiles Scatter hatred With words so mild Give good hugs To last for life Greatness needs no fingers of gold All needs is a heart of gold […]
Another strong promising leaf Plucked by ignorance Plucked like a weakling Plucked without warning Sending shivers to fetch tears II Another strong promising tree Cut down by many on tall fence Cut down by watchers and head shakers Cut down by greedy animals Leaving in its place nothing but agony III When will closed mouths […]
We are in a cue We will dock when we’re due There is nothing like immortal few And there’s no one to really sue Let the natural tongue speak of life’s curfew CHORUS “Mere bi bɛba Nↄti bɛkↄ nↄte mu Ama nↄte abobↄ nompe mu ɛse bɛguan atua agyaboↄ Na nↄte akyire nhwi deduam Onua […]
Nae! Thoughts that taunt Hurts that haunt Beasts that burst Are like wild lions let lose To feed on happy beings II Nae! I am an eye Many eyes see me as the sky But my sky seems so wry Clouds and sun seem to be in a tie III Nae! If leaves fight to […]
Invincible invincible hands of these takers Taking what they don’t own Or do they own? Do we owe? We may owe Like a magical thief Death takes and shatters hearts! Like a carnivorous borla beach With machete teeth It swallows and break bones If only there can be an all seeing eye What wouldn’t I […]
On that faithful day when the cold and unpardonable hands of death snatched you away from the surface of the earth. The day I knew my world had come to an end because a great being had been lost. I couldn’t bear the mockery from my enemies. My spirit was like a sunken bed. Every […]
As the fires lick Your dried fallen leaves And bite into its bones As it shouts in pain II I stand teary Prompted by the smoke that it emits With genuine fears of no protection from age Shiverings! Oh shiverings! III Scary, how time only wears high heels Making sure ears hear its footsteps To […]
I smell the spices on my body I see darkness all around I see myself in an enclosed place That I cant turn my body here and there. I see myself in front of two transparent doors And all I can see is Joy from one door And wailings from the other My child, Come […]
Mama said she had no eyes She had no eyes so her mama was stolen Her two eyes were not enough So an invisible hole stole her mama whole II Mama told me she had no power No power to get to the whole Because the hole would have swallowed her whole As it owned […]
Where lies your heart? In the will of safety or doom? Trust your heart to a machine That can crash and maim? II Where lies your fear? Oh travelling heart? In the machete of maiming Or in the bowl of death? III Where lies your motivation? In the importance of work Or in […]
There is a place where I belong It seems I’ve always there belonged Even while I’m resting under this earthly tree Its eastern corridors reek freedom song Freedom from self, the lyrics of the song From the stitched, to the fried heart From the sick, to heads needed to be heard From the thorned, to […]
Pretty as flower Rotting within, sharp contrast Oh hearts of the gods! II You have soothing words “He whom the gods love dies young” Ye gods, please hate me! III I don’t need your love! I do not need your warm love! But your protection! IV Let me win this time Let me win again, […]
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