You were like fresh rainCatching dust into a worldly drainYou were like a pretty flower…hidden beneath a dirty showerYou were like fresh air…that many share without a careNow you’re you in an abstractForcing many tongues into many a talking contract IIYou…needed the praises from those you touchedYou…needed the love from those you matchedYou…wanted to see […]
A bright star has fallenIt did not have a sudden fallIt was shot and torn to its coreIt got visibly so soreBut none, for him, tried a rescue Many long hands did see it struggling in the skyNo finger tried to touched itNone saw it fitUntil he hid behind a cloudEven then, others could have […]
I heard some unsettling news in the morning…which put me in mourningAce confirmed it…and I had a fitI walked through one of Tamale’s storms under a student’s umbrella in the heavy rainsAnd reached home tortured in my brainsLeft wretched with worrying pains IIIs it the Nana with laughter so infectious…and a heart so precious?Is it […]
I rememberI remember our conversation like it was yesterdayWhen you told me about the medicinal capabilities of cassava leavesAnd the strength of your wife…even in seed-keeping III remember telling you to do a check up once in a whileAnd you laughing it off, encouraging me to turn to our local herbs ratherAll the while fixing […]
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