I A mouth saw your face Attracted your eyes And placed a litter in your thought’s drum II An eye met your eyes Held it And sent disdain into your thought’s drum III A voice sought your ears Found it And threw filth into your thought’s drum IV Some hand worked with a face Came […]
I Real remedies resonate after right race Leaning lame like a lean lizard Will win wretchedness and wage your own war Hear heat’s humming and hit in habit Eons can erode into eons but it’ll earn II Fear of failure frightens frivolously Get up, go, grow, give to this game Jeers, jabbers, jacks for you […]
Sorrow sits in smiling When it wins your world Put patience in running And give faith a call II Your faith will call on endurance Who’ll come to be your shield Yours will be to obey its voice And you’ll win your happy field III Mess it upĀ And you’ll be the meat That will […]
Your success cries from afar Over the mountain of despair Under the lid of the heat Win over thoughts of giving up Ill thoughts of ending it all Leaning whispering audibly Ā to your ears Let it know you hear the cries Getting to you from […]
In that dark, Without a mark, In that sight without a light, Know no frights, Know no bites, Yours is might And being bright, You’ll win that fight Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
One He braves Through the pain Like a soldier And marches rightly Armoured with hope in life And determination’s sword Two He walks Gallantly Through his captives Throwing this aside Throwing fierce ones beneath And succeeded in breaking chains Three The breeze So very nice […]
“When evil goes to bed And its angels sleep tight When hell’s gate is closed And the guards get so drunk When shameful walking sounds Stop running in my mind When past pictures of me In my head seize to be I will rise like […]
The claws of the crab Knows not the golden soil Once it harbours the water it needs The crows of the cock Escapes not the eager farmer Who has a goal in a time frame Our measured life span Stops not at our pauses No […]
Walking on a tattered rope I saw a light through beauty’s hope Looked down and thought I could not cope But knew coping would be dope Of course I knew I was no pope And knew I could fall on a tiny slope I wished […]
Rains of tears fall From the sky upon pain’s call I stand in my tainted hall Watching it flood through the dirtiest gutter mall No matter its intensity And the strength of its publicity The trash it needs out of its way Finds places to sway […]
I’ve walked I’ve walked through the desert in a sea Like a lost game Knowing not the refuge hut Knowing my end was near But ended up at its bank Being caressed by the sea breeze I’ve stopped I’ve stopped in the middle of a busy road […]
I stand in the midst of two deadly ditches Holding on to tiny tattered stitches Wanting to close my eyes but needing the eyes Hating to say goodbye but compelled as every second eyes I stand in the middle of this antagonistic wind Being blown here, […]
With every breathe we must bow Never asking how We are life endowe’ I am not a cow You are not a cow With breathe, you’re superior to the cow As we speak There are those at their problem’s peak Being sacked from their resting sticks For work to commence There are also […]
I see the heart talking Knowing not where it is going Wanting to touch but shrieking Wanting to be seen but hiding I see the soul weeping Feeling the heat of wronging Feeling the sorrow of dejecting Nursing the feeling of hurting I hear the humming of the poor Who goes through many […]
A noise, I stop, Turn, Shiver, Panic And rush back into my hole If that is my trait as an ant, Would I be a master Going down the annals In the school of Christ? Amidst the fears, I strive For the times of the rains I gather In the promising sunlight, […]
When the sun goes to sleep And wakes at dawn It smiles And brights When the moon goes to rest And wakes in the eves It smiles And brights When the breeze goes to rest And wakes It makes The mouth smile So smile; your highness Bright; your goodness Lead in aptness […]
It seems sealed All boxed up Like a nice package But in there are pains Suffering, fears, longing And under the box lies The hope wanting to be seen So uncover Peel Peel Peel And peel Until all those you want hidden Give way to the one thing Which will attract the light Like magnet […]
Stream From your bad dream And dream An extraordinary dream Because cool is what you seem There is a star that in you beam Trust me, you’ll be a soothing cream Which will heal and make all skins gleam Then when you go home, you and the angels will make a team Amoafowaa Sefa […]
Sing With wings Dance With wings Sit With wings Walk With wings Run With wings Sleep With wings Wings Which can never break Wings Which are like brave soldiers Wings Unconquerable Wings Which are discerning These wings Will fly you to greatness Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia […]
We are like leaves Shooting in beauty Opening our arms Just to fold in dryness And eventually break into pieces Or worse be plucked unfairly in bloom So do grow another Or touch another Who will remember your touch When wilting succeeds In making you manure. Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
When I think my life unfair I look at those whose lives are queer Maggots of excreta Slaves of mental diaspora I wear my smile and hop along When I think my life unfair I do all human lives compare A day to be born, an earth for a world, A day to hear […]
The farmer who planted you Tends more to others And you feel so wronged? Heal with zeal A thorn from another flower or an insect Pricked your beautiful leaf And made a worldly see through hole? Heal with zeal Youāre shortened When you can be tall Because your sky has been blocked by […]
Darkness blocks And lives as king Dawn rains And its moist is loved The sun appears And beings wake Working with the boss Of the light of the universe Each and his space in time To be king or queen But when your conscience reigns like mine You’ll be head […]
In your own life’s seat Check your own time and beat Step on the clutch with your own feet And move ahead. You can feel the heat, Feel the cold, crash and hush You’ll know what you need to fix You can go to the mechanic and fix But after the help, please be on […]
I cannot be shamed Or defamed Because Iām in my own lifeās vehicular driving seat No defeat Can get to me Because clearly, they help me see With determination and dedication I’ll get to my rightful destination Let all the brethren do same And put enemies to shame Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
The sun rises light But it does shines bright It works with all its might Until time for rest is right Ā We wonāt forget the clouds They mostly come with the louds They can interrupt the sun But time makes them run Ā I am the pretty sun Who wants to have fun I […]
Three friends met to play But none had anything to say Toothpick suddenly begun complaining That his work always leaves him nauseatingĀ Toothbrush told him to stop the whining As that is his itinerary every morning and evening Cotton wool cleared his throat And asked if their suffering exceeded his Toilet roll who was passing […]
When the wind blows It is alright Iāll shield its blows And hope for sunlight Ā When the sun shows It is alright Iāll enjoy its mild flows And hide from its fright Ā When the rain falls It is alright Iāll only walk tall Until I reach a shaded light Ā When it is […]
When my clouds formed in my sky It called the rain, I saw with my eye Then it called the storm Which stormed with lightning Ā There was flooding and I was soaked My umbrella flew away, I nearly choked The rains camouflaged my tearsĀ So all they saw from afar was my soaked being […]
I was the rotten woodĀ Which water lifers used as food Water determined where I stood Would’ve fled if I could But I had not the power Ā On the water, you shouted In your fuming loudest “Do you wish to be the haunted?” He went in his slowest And you picked me up Ā […]
As the sun sets only to rise,
As the sun, in her lifetime, is conquered in its own time
By clouds and eclipses
So is the ups and downs
The flower seed In the soil feed’ On water and sun Through the heat Before shooting Ā It shoots With no pretty boots Just like ordinary weeds To prepare its thorns For the protection of its beauty Ā So like the flower Sweet heart, go through life’s shower, Go through life’s heat Then stand in […]
In what seems to be an uncanny odium My life causes such a painful pandemonium Give me many potent doses of huge opium’ To block the noise as I stand in this podium; A podium of shame, a nightmarish podium Fixed n the ground for a better view To encourrage short heels of shoes to […]
Thrown into unfamiliar waters Without an armband? Take a swim The hand that threw Wanted to make you a fool But turn that swim into a dream Ā Trapped in the den of a lion? With no tools? Every nail is a tool in danger’s arm Dig to the ground and turn around Before it […]
Fumes from rickety cars Debris of scraps scattered Stains of diesel paints the ground An unbearable noise from a motor on the right An unbearable noise from cars in front, back and left While the stench from the public toilet nearby Sells nasty archaic foods in the air Diesel stained finger nails feel the heat […]
When they do you push Into the bush Confuse the crowd and act proud Ā When they push you into a ditch And call you a bitch Confuse the crowd and act proud Ā When they dig a pit And you fall in the shit Confuse the crowd and act proud Ā When they sit […]
There is only a time for all Humans, animals, the world, yes, all In this rounded baited bit We have our serious parts to fit You cry you’re slow When the tortoise is low You lament of your beauty When the hippopotamus Ā does its duty You complain of short life When […]
The time has come, to have your say Itās a beautiful, beautiful day! Ā Know all your pain, is experienceās pay Itās a beautiful, beautiful day! Ā Itās not that bad, itās just a flay Itās a beautiful, beautiful day! Ā Donāt cry no tears, donāt hide away Itās a beautiful, beautiful day! Ā You […]
You hide in darkness With sharp eyes you fail to use And blame the world And curse your stars When many arms have rooms for you Ā You try rebellionĀ And close your ears When many are singing songs of joy You have the heart but fail to yield Cussing the world when someone’s is […]
We fear the reign of darkness So we close our eyes to its regime But nature has written itself So much so that many eyes must keep watch over King Darkness When it is on its throne But we grumble and shiver. Groping in darkness? A candle glows best in the dark Light yourself up […]
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