From fists of fate…fly flies of falsehoodsForking flocksFlipping farcesFrosting feet to fear defeat IISo hurdles win our wealthAs our hardwork is buried in our insecuritiesMaking us part of hurdles’ ownedJust because firmness fires not from the graves of our heartsIf only we can be brave! IIISo you’ll see mansions’ ownersHiding away in corners…on the floorAs […]
There are many instances love turns sour Spreading through all corners of head and heart a sore …always pushed to the fore I believe no rat should live with a cat Because in famine, one will use the other for sacrifice We all know who will lose II In a situation where you have to […]
Starting and finishing can be a mould you hold Many hearts have built darknesses for their shames While others build crimes to gobble their angelics There is power in your thoughts! II A thought has bought many nots for some A thought has bought many yays for most Stinky stuffs attract flies Too much sweetness […]
Pilots know the risk of turbulence …but still take chances of flying Captains know the viciousness of some storms …but still steer boats for days …using navigators and relying on winds Drivers know the many accidents …which whisper to deny them and others …lives …but still drive through the roads Living is a chance of […]
When some winds …whip my wins And some suns …shatter my stock When some rains …wreck my rest And some dust …render me blind I let my being …shed the tears As I, like the statue of patience …wait II For though there be unmerciful winds …there are kind airs There are cruel suns …still […]
Sometimes clouds of sadness can form in our minds Sometimes thunders of fears will blast through it As Will lights to die in an ill lightning When you reach that point …SPEAK OUT II If you don’t The sadness will rain down your inner …and flood your body Drowning your soul and killing your spirit […]
You came in like a weevil Wheeling my emotions in a swivel Hiding your claws of a devil Only to cage me in your evil II Now you, to my pain, dance As eyes record me a dunce When all I did was take a chance …based on your deceptive elegance III You’re like the […]
4 Claps rap to trap warm wraps …for your presence …a celebration for your living …at your every appearance Many going miles to grow suns …on your face Your mood being the hood …of all seeing your good Slaps checking out craps walking …in maps of your enemies Yes, you’re the sun at its peak […]
We have been on this battlefield …for too long Enduring torture through fears …and hurts and pain …tasting shameful bites of sand Today let’s turn savages II Stone down your doubts …as David stoned down Goliath …and walk into the gate of confidence …for a fresh bath of your spirit …and a fill of can-do […]
Sometimes there are many winds …that pluck all our leaves of confidence …break the branches of our support …and leave us empty of pride At the centre stage of the sun II Sometimes …things that hit us …can take the sound …out of the throat of a singer …and drain all words …out of the […]
Winners without woes …are like boxers who have never tasted punches The world was built …for the punch takers …students of problems …truck pushers of hurdles …curious travellers slapped with many shut outcomes To find their ways through the puzzle of suffering …to success …always armoured with determined spirits …questioning souls …and fatigued bodies II […]
Frights …hiding in furs of goats …are seen as follies …even in their fearsome jumps II Wounds …itching in wombs …are felt by none but the in-hidden-hawker …no matter how much they bleed III There is a world within this world Which knows what you carry And feels how you try A world within this […]
As the boughs break in aim …for your best And the guns shoot in aim …for your gains Let none see the spear of fear …aiming at your sanity II It is a battlefield …of breaking and broken It is an unfairness ring …of reasoning and reckoning It is a bandying court …of cutting and […]
We have crossed a bridge of a year onto another Another which needs no bags loaded with problems Dragged into its realm Another whose slate can accommodate no old news Let alone entertain old sentimental views Shed it, we’re birthing ourselves anew II Our past can only be the fertilizer of our present The more […]
The fingers of days have connived with that of months Joined in by hours and minutes, seconds and nano-seconds Crowned by years to selectively Choose the best part of this heart To dig foundations of pain Building storeys of unforgettable loss through grave deprivation But I tell you today You will search from my hair […]
In every bird in flight Is a fear of fall The mark of the unknown Dents histories of the flown It could be a stone from a catapult A hit from a stick Bullet from a gun Lightening from the sky Or even a scare from a thunder Need I mention a sudden breakage of […]
Now the day is awake The sky is serving light All that hands will take Will base on a heart so bright II I hope that for life’s sake We work with all our might Like bread in an oven bake Our ends will shine so bright III We have to burdens shake And face […]
A flower of smiles In a hand so warm A massaging sun waving from miles In a sky of no harm Greets your morning from the land of my mind II The land of my mind In which I farm happiness in weeds of strife Throwing stumps and thorns into dungeons of past’s behind Carving […]
Legs stand frail Smaller than thighs Which they carry like a huge mountain on two small trees Yet move calculating not That head to waist add to their load That is the power of living with your all II So why will a soul in flight Complain of the burning of the wind? Why should […]
Hearts are like magnets Their station, determinant of attractions A sad station definitely pulls many to hover Depression being the lead II Just as rivers find the sea Just as rains find earth Just as hyponyms know their hypernyms So does depression force a stay III We are masters in our ships We choose those […]
If only I were your mirror Showing you your reflection You will see the beauty right here And extinguish your fears As skilled firemen kill their dangers II I wish you see The bold you Who like Sampson Battle the lions of every breath The fearless soul Who like David Conquer all Goliaths With just […]
There On the threshold of my fate Lie the perfect gait Calculated steps Fitted shoes And keys to answers to puzzles tricky And ready to block in lock I know And rush not For I am too special to run II None knew Agya Ananse In its fragile and slimy state Could be the star […]
In this yonder wild Nothing seems mild I am like a child In an adult competing field II What at all is life? Puzzles and struggles’ wife Always holding a knife To cause unforgettable strife? III Why is each’s so different for each? When airs for every nose teach As suns for every normal eye […]
Talkings of humans Chirping of birds Croakings of frogs Roarings of the cat family Bleatings of goats and sheep Wave songs of seas Whispers of breezes Combined with all others Make the rhythm of life The earth our major instrument All bodies, accompaniments I am playing my part You? Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2016
When tough times are mandated to reign As horrors get the stage to feign And saviours hung in unreachable skies As doubt tells unimaginable lies Pause Look like an owl because Life is a knife Whenever unpleasantness rife So strive to thrive Live in spirits well alive Like the cry-laughing child Who knows no wild […]
When poor brick layers Lay their bricks Many turn spitters Many; urinators Extremists turn breakers Only determined layers Those who foresee their buildings finish Work on through the hurdles Ignoring the shouting metaphors Like unfeeling bulldozers Discerning minds get the puzzle Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
“Story of my life I have a wife Who hates the word ‘strife’ And cancut inspiration with a word knife II Story of my life I have a husband without a life All he does is whine Thinking everything must be divine III Story of my life ‘Work as life is striving for better’ Is […]
Who wants to be a snail? Who wants to be a tortoise? The former and latter are one In two things Both have God built houses Both are slow The former is easily broken The latter built in unbrokeness The creator is not unfair He gives you pace And leaves you fragile He slows your […]
Done drowning due to defeat? Dirt dressing in down deceit? Deafened drowsiness Damaged daft dagger Debts on dancing demons Daredevils dressing in daisies Dote on danger and distress Don’t drown to dust your dreams Dump dormancy, dare and dream Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
As night hurries in packing darkness To bolt seeing as day tosses to turn in minutes What thoughts are wearing heels Disturbing your head chambers? II As day prepares to take off its blanket And sun’s door is being opened by the moon What fears are taking over the strength of your legs Forcing you […]
Fly far Forgetting follies Fly forever Forfeiting feigns Fly fiercely Forsaking fakers Fly, flee Framing fouls Freaking fixers Frying fits Fixing feebles Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
When fate goes to sleep Fear wakes and tends to seep Showing his muscles And giving all hassles Then failure gets dazzled II When fear walks on eye And will acts too shy Uselessness takes a grand seat As ambition falls at his feet Giving mouths words of a defeat III Dress fear in hope […]
If a squirrel Stays in its hole Fearing trouble, Fire finds it And it is smoked out Into a hot saucepan II If a bird Stays on one tree Like a person tied to a bed Fearing a bullet A gun finds it And it ends up a kebab III Let legs take you places […]
Tears, like cloud in sky When rained, clears the sky so right Paving way for sun II Pain, like snow on earth When cleared, cleans the earth so well Showing neat beauty III Let it rain till dawn And help the sun rise with ease To heal all pain Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
A talk will help with the walk A lock can’t help to block *** Prep does help in bold step No bumper comes from slumber *** Cats are lions when they yearn to reach Zion As bats are eagles when they battle daylight *** Wise words have smooth road In the ears of one who […]
Who needs to hold the tail And suffer a fail When even after the uprooting of the “f” What remains is ail? And after all the suffering to get the “a” off, What still remains attract another “l” To show “ill”? None! II But a fail throws a ladder For a climb to the top […]
Carrying the heaviest house Knowing it can’t compete a sick mouse The tortoise still moves in search Of its daily manna II Knowing a step-on is its horrid accident And the steppers would never give it a lament The ant still moves in search Of its daily manna III Even the lions know their Zions […]
When you throw a ball On any floor It bounces It bounces II When you pick it up and throw again It bounces here It bounces there Bouncing and bouncing and bouncing III We are like balls Of grumpy life So prepare to bounce When a throw calls for it Free your mind to bounce […]
Pensive plans pets pious people Pushing poor powers to prey in their pates Pissing pride to puff and play A pent up pecker picks in power play II Pure persons pave power paths And pray to pistol preys at play Pouring petrification in pensive plans To pacify pains and pin position of pacemaker III Puffy […]
Hear me blacks in arks Change the colour of your star So we can go far II You know black for death You use red for hot danger These we have, what now? III We are on travel And our star dims like black coal No wonder we stand IV We stand with no walks […]
Fireflies are hiding their fires Knowing well that dark always hires Living amidst the normal as desired A fly here, a fly there in evenness II Be a firefly Know when to glow Be like a river, know when to flow Even if it’s difficult you just try Or try being a butterfly Amoafowaa Sefa […]
Here are my arms Under the strictest of sincerity Giving you the freedom to enter Serving you with hope II Here are my eyes Under the spell of your love Growing intense for your attention Serving you with company III Here are my ears Until your mouth like radio […]
I am looking up So I know The clouds hang on your sky And rains tears on your head I see from far I don’t see how your heart churns But trust me, your sun is fast approaching So don’t give up II During these times, I know failure stands tall Mocking you to give […]
Through it all, tortoise Walks, shocking birds whose swift fly Beat their day travels II Through it all, the snail Crawls, thinking it is so blessed, more Than the static trees III Through it all, the rain Fall, knowing only lucky Ones will land in streams IV Wise words hit to stop Minds of all […]
This tree is shaking Not by my making The wind is blowing The earth is quaking II I am here and living I’m not complaining I keep on growing My stems are spreading III If I could get many sheltering I’ll leave fulfilling I do no whining I need no praising IV Many are roaming […]
Huge hurdles hurt in heat Humming victory on empty street Housing fear to blow defeat Help hears faint as hatred hiss II Hear who hysteria harmfully hit Hopeless haters who high works fit Hurling hots as word weapons, they sit Hindering the power of will III Help hates the haunted wretch Who doesn’t work and […]
Scents of ‘momoni’ Repellent of noses but Delicacy of tongues After going through heat II Faeces of the grass-cuter Disgusting at a sight Pleasant smell to the nose When on the raging fire And a delicacy on tongues After their fire refinements III I guess humans can be droppings Rejected at a glance And accepted […]
Row, row, and row right Ringing rings in reasoned realm Rearing renewals in raging wrecks Racing, riding and rinsing real even when raddled Radiant reaches rinse recklessness Raise right rings and ramble in raid For rainfall mostly comes with a rainbow Real raiment repels rotten cold Ricki, Racka rock in rock Rays return right after […]
I I bow And vow To show My foes How bright Days Need to be celebrated To lovingly wash My supposed sins From their minds II Like rainbow Beautiful as a show Every wake, is a take In the scene of the annals Of life and Great living Even clowns will lighten The future with […]
Though darkness may fall On this road that is so dull I will fear no impending fall And will heed no fearful call I will walk ahead even feetless Will crawl ahead even kneeless And will dry my tears even in fears The sun can heat me all it wants The rain can spank me […]
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