You were a lesson Well learnt And that past has become a blessing Well grabbed The trouble Which always used to bubble, The tears which caused massive erosion On my face tampering with my emotion, The pain which at the grounds of my heart stomped As my heart pumped Have become appreciative tools Making me […]
“I’ll close my heart And stop it From taking in any possible breaker I’ll immerse myself In work which keeps me fulfilled And will never look into attractive eyes I swear to live by myself Doing good and neglecting all males Let them drown for all I care” All these are promises […]
With tears you pleaded For something I thought I never needed In suspense of what the future holds I conceded Little by little, to love’s call I heeded When you shouted for issue sharing I yielded When I doubled my steps your voice made me receded Together what seemed like a beautiful cupid farm we […]
In my tired dream I crossed a vast stream And saw Love gleam I caught a hold of its seam And asked that he had a chat with me, I can’t tell for sure if his sure was a beam “I am not a dog To do all your bidding I am a servant […]
I sit here Sorrow eating my judgement Pity nursing my hurt And shattered pride killing My thoughts My perfume of dejection Has taken over the town The salt in my tears are Being extracted to prepare Commercial and home cooked meals Which body do I wear on this soul? Which face do I […]
He was my bodyguard And became my cover cloth Then turned into my sweet dreams Like an effective god He ruled my world Without him, all malfunctioned Then a flirty wind blew him far Into the arms of a fiery witch Who had a battle with love I saw, I wept, And […]
She climbed a tree with no caution The tree was the home of bees All she had to do to exasperate them was sit Her bruised and lifeless body was seen beneath She climbed a tree with no caution Its branches were not strong for her weight She sat, it snapped. Her broken bones […]
Why does it change? I smiled knowing the preposterousness Of the raining promises The smiles from the heart Lighting the eyes The heat from our bodies like mild fire from the Fireplace in the cold being enough To protect us from the cold The cold sweat breaking on a cold day, […]
We sat in the hall of cupid Did things people call stupid We sailed on the wings of gods at sea And did many things see And you say you are leaving? We sat on the chariots of flowery words And made friends out of singing birds We held hands and trekked lands We […]
Running after her Never catching up In this unpredictable odyssey When I got closer Her smile stayed same But she wilted as I bloomed Smiling sweat, which now fades, sat on my skin Like the sun at its peak Tired sweat cried on her skin Like the rain whipped by storms She […]
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 […]
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 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 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 […]
I met my first love at the age of eighteen She was as fresh as a blooming flower She exuded the scent of womanhood And her charm, like a magnetic wave, threw me close But she had few words for me “I don’t roll with babies, begone!” I cried and cried Time cleansed this […]
Thinking of how to feed Or how to get money to buy seeds When there are no pockets talk less of money? Take my hand Sitting in loneliness Looking on while some are held in arms and feeling the unfairness When you too have emotions at play? Take my hands Feeling the heat […]
He fanned my heart in the heat And held it from those who hearts eat He stood behind me and was neat Like a loyal butcher tending to his future meat I was fed and made relaxed all the time in a seat. Even when I needed to dance to a beat He held up […]
Back in august 2015, on a very sunny Sunday stood a family that is reuniting after four years of separation. The Apau family was a happy family. The love the mother and father exhibited was inculcated into their only seed, Angel. Her intelligence had earned her a place in the University of Ghana, Legon […]
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