Kwaku Manu saw the struggling plant…in its dying can’tRealized it could grow into fruitionIf it got all the needed care and nutritionSo he watered itMade sure it was fitProtected it from pestsAnd fenced it from animals IINo head was in sight when he workedNo hand extended a shade as he workedBut the moment the plant […]
When the stage gets highAnd the camera light blindsI hope modesty still finds…me to stay, not to bid goodbyeFor life dragged me through the gutters for a reasonTo know many a seasonAnd work in the clothes of fairnessTo create an atmosphere to harness…hope in the strugglingAnd to sustain love in the heart of the strangled […]
///// ,,,,, ….. Bars are bars Commas are commas Full stops are full stops Ib Heat Cold Rains Showers Storms Air Know their visitations Commend the good …as you will tell off the bad II For horror tells on hearts …fanned by air complaining of cold Ungratefulness tells on souls …soothed by showers complaining of […]
You’ve learnt …you’ve learnt through the burnt I spent on your relentless ego I know But be best for your future pair Walk on honey II You’ve recoiled back here …you’ve recoiled through the toil you’ve soiled …in your fresh experiences You promise to be better? Please be best …for your future pair Walk on […]
There are good air …bad air …fair air …and rotten air But judge no air …by root II Some good air can turn bad Some bad air can turn good Some fair air can turn unfair Some rotten air can grow to smell sweet So judge no air by its root III Fates turn upside […]
Water accepts stone Stone spits out water Sand floors them all …no matter how hard they hide That should tell you …your hard might be mad for one …but play for the other II Just as goings and comings …births and deaths …are life’s play things Your anger is someone’s joke Your paralysis is someone’s […]
I. Respect 2. Kindness 3. Progress 4. Love II A. Care B. Tenderness C. Trust D. Consideration E. Love III You give me 1 and I’ll give you 2 We can both work 3 to get to 4 That is my 1, 2, 3, 4 of fairness IV You give me A in a 1 […]
Mr. says she is evil Who allows more than a pestle to pound in her mortar Mr. says she is petty Who uses the many mortars a pestle pounds into to act same His reason, pestles go whole and come not less Mr. says pestles always come to their original mortars After straying no matter […]
Dawn is a path finder Of what days, in cloth hide While many losers fear to morning face Accomplished men can’t wait to greet its palms Still, the vigilant cock crows Kokrokoooo To alert them all II There are cases and there are cases Humans who walk on toes And those who walk on foes […]
Some are born kings with wings Like mushrooms growing on anthills They get to battle trees in height Their only prayer Not to be grazed down Ambition, not a usable tool Maintenance, a need II Some are born free to spree Like left kites in right sights Flying high with the right air Shaking their […]
In this very wake Some elephants are uprooting grass Like angry farmers battling weeds Under their precious crops The only difference Is they don’t turn back To gather, eat or mulch All they desire is to pass and kill with no apologies II In this very wake Some antelopes feel their boneless grinds In the […]
When I wore spectacles of innocence And wore the clothes of fancy daydreams When I walked the grounds seeking swift knights And had the smile of complete trust When I walked in authority Thinking dreams could be commanded When I had the shape of a perfect heart And had a mind untainted by bitter experiences […]
I braced all weathers Alone, Suffered through falling Alone, I faced the anger of mean suns Alone Seeing my twin being pampered Simply because I was banana And not plantain II When she was watered, I was neglected When she was shaped, I was left in my withers Now, plantain sleeps In this weather as […]
Bread broken unequal brings baits Beckoning hatred, brewing feuds Beasts in brains when awoken roar Burning blind poor innocent beings Before bears break and beasts do bounce Break breads equally to straighten Bended breaks and let the peace be Brothers and sisters share great bonds […]
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 […]
I The rain took its time And came to run the sun out Now the sun so waits To run its rival, rain, out But rain’s storms give nasty shouts II Rain has many guards Who always seek to defend Poor sun without guard He peeks, scared, rushes to hide Waiting until bad rain leaves […]
Light is opening its heavy gate Body guard darkness and its late dawn Open slowly as jealous dawn cries Ready light sits in its highest throne Waiting to its subjects lead As they move about and seek to feed It leads kindly its precious […]
I need a ladder On cloud’s palace To see the weather And count the malice I need some goggles In the air To judge our struggles And make it fair No need for one to suffer Not fair for one to enjoy If we all suffer fair We will work like a […]
Rains are blessings Rains can be curses Fire is a servant Fire can be a murderer Food is what we are Food can steal our treasured lives I am a near nirvana Flawed, heavily flawed In unmanageable hands I am like the fire which kills the cold But my buttons must not be pushed Lest […]
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