In a home prepared so well It takes no seer to tell There’ll not be a sound of bell To alarm chaotic cell There’ll be no mouth to sell News of how anyone fell And no voice will ever yell To create scenes of gossip gel CHORUS So clear the bushes And cut the hushes […]
We are like beans In different pods But you are like the sun, air and rain On my comfortable grounds In a sky where darkness has a portion You are that patient god Hiding in the heavens Rooting for this little star When I lose my light in the fury of darkness You tear through […]
In this heat You are my waterfalls So lukewarm like a mild cooler Because of your good communication with the sun When I trip in you You giggle and hug me in dance Bouncing me ticklish You quench my anger Like a skilled fireman Washing my sins Like water washing sand Many are those who […]
Crumbling blocks Caving beams Lord give me eye contact II Raging seas Ravaging seams Lord give me eye contact III Wrecking rails Wincing realms Lord give me eye contact IV While troubles are bubbling And hearts are smoking Lord, please do give me eye contact V This pain is a cancer This train is hell […]
If I am made to write “My Best Friend” I will think of all the time My stomach rumbled as you sheltered my rear I feed you filth But you provide a seat And when I am cornered by an angry mob You are my fortress My hiding place On your head, I have thought […]
Hoes and machetes cry They swear they are being taken advantage off They say no matter how they try Succeeding days are still rough Shortest hoe Says he feels he’s the toughest though Having lived and crashed with stones Having flirted and birthed with different stones Many sparks of fire in fold Even the farmers […]
Drained of thoughts Its mouth suckling the best out Like a hungry wicked baby lioness Rendering me headacheful It pulled what was there Pulled what was not there Perturbed what dodged And rendered me exhausted Examinations Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c)2015
They fall Fall at the feminine feet Which has more than a masculine mind Shouting blessings Blessings which show pain on their faces Pain they try to mask with humour with no success What is it about ego? Did God create this soul To make men feel inadequate? Like cornered rats, they look Sometimes with […]
No matter the defect No grave shaming is correct Imagine a human feeling like an insect Calm solving gives effect Shaming like a bouncy ball can deflect  So please perfectionist, do reflect And carve a suitable dialect For a newbie with defect Your affection will grow that reflect And reflection will avoid future neglect And […]
The moon has its shine And trains the stars to also shine It needs no light from the sun, Although it shares the same sky, In order to guide its fans So darkness fears her time Although it chooses her time to reign Oh yeah, darkness loses itself in her If the sun is man […]
Hot figure Smiles are not meagre Brains deliver Lord brings a ladder on many a river Strength soars in hopeless a quiver So I am winning Yeah, winning the war of living II A pretty woman Is a power bomb Wrapped to kill the highest hurdles in mandom All one needs is the know-how to […]
Left like a dirty rag The fruit had no tag It rolled abandoned like a stray cat All fled its way like an ebola bat Until it was pronounced forbidden II It began calling like angelic tuned Stirring those all thought most immuned Developing sexy alluring legs Appealing to eyes to stay glued like clothes […]
I know the heavens were busy They were busy preparing for the feast of loving For the heavens and earth Even Satan might have been invited To grace the occasion and see for himself The arms to soothe all; All his pain inflictions in hearts of children Children in Dzifa’s zone So all unborns clapped […]
Thirst’s tantrums tend to taint Trailing torture in its passion’s tent Soiling its living flowing scents Earth is the healer The purifier of its taints But thirst is insatiable until breathe leaves Why it gets to arrest its quencher And does the same things As tainting its structure again and again I won’t know But […]
They say being nude is crude And being crude is rude But stories of creation Speak boldly of a nude nation Then, maybe enticings got us here Yes, enticings of yesteryears got us here But no matter how hungry a person is Will he make another’s food his? Like snakes, we aim to point fingers […]
As the clouds hang to rain And the body sits in stain When the soul sits in pain I remember the story of Cain II What’ll eyes do when they see disdain? Sets look doomy so tears it gain What is painful is it is set on refrain, Again? III Is there a thought bin? […]
I am a lost lioness Lost for losing her young Lost for not watching her sail along In my un-cleverness My punishment? Mercy, conscience, have mercy! Whip me not like a wayward child Whip me not like a stubborn one Whip me not I know I have erred Erred because I live in a wrong […]
I have seen many waters Pass under this bridge I have lived through emotional hurdles And have stood as these eyes flood Why does it always sting before they pass? II Gone are those who were taken in classrooms Gone are those who were caged for monies Gone are those who thought like fools; Wanting […]
She was bright When she said she was right “You need no fright Because coupling makes life light” And my mind went quiet because I needed no fight It was her time and I needed her bright But now she sings like an owl, after three stone throws, her pained songs to me After her […]
Education Sensible, powerful Intimidating, irritating, enlightening Knowledge, openness, critical, analytical Socialising, questioning, answering Timeless, honour Learning Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
Measured breaths Measured steps Measured seeings And measured intakes There are supreme beings at post II Measured sayings Measured thoughts Measured laughter And measured life There are supreme beings at post Lost and lost we say we pray but we are puppets who must be together and fight Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
Modern gods are to blame African modern gods are to blame They are to blame for our shame; Our in-robbery oh so lame shame Those who previously had fame For sins they did tame Now know no shame Because they live on stolen fowls And watch not for devilish owls Fanning wars which stem from […]
God watched the heat Battle the breezes As he watched the winds Marry the sands He did watch the trees Yawn in thirst As he watched the sun Defecate its boiling from the sky Oh the birds travelled to quench thirst As many gallons sometimes lined to be filled II All the yearnings of Tamale […]
He keeps saying he loves her When he knows so well he lies But I let him Because I believe if he thinks I believe that he loves her He will feel good in his skin II He caught my bug So bad I know he hurts Like a cross, I let him carry me […]
Here I lay Like a tired lonely child Inwardly crying for the safety of my seed While praying for the safety of family As I ask for strength to see all through To such a time as fishers and farmers will abound Leaving my food and fishes safe But some demi-gods are on display Throwing […]
Finally, I get to my mountain top And I view the trash from here The stains of footsteps The sweat which the rocks did taste I hold a stone And pour on it more sweat And I roll to clear trash and mud II So tiring the climb did seem Now relieving The cleansing of […]
She said she wanted a man so holy So she changed her nice African name to Molly Caring not about the meaning Only thankful for the rhyming II Kwame Attah was a farm god He did go to church on Sunday basis He lived just right With no known sins But Molly said he was […]
You heeded the call To fast and pray To feel the pain Of the hungry and frail And like good lambs You have crossed the sea Happy Eid Barka de Salah II You are a warrior For battling hunger And reigning supreme For battling thirst And sailing its sails For working for honour And bridging […]
Buses of sainthood Toot their horns Waiting impatiently for the visiting Holy Month Horrid hearts which were shelved Stretch and open eyes Waiting for the right time to descend and blend By tomorrow, a frown will cause a dirty slap All goats must heed their owners’ calls Or risk ending up in strange pots Hot […]
Deep within a burdened heart Is a heat of fear that heartily lights Firing up when love is close Burning deep into fetching tears II Care sits still into defection Future pain rings its deafening bell Burning possibilities in an antagonising hurting pot Leaving the heart to curse its lot III Even angels fail to […]
Birds are singing Like they’ve won their lives Winds are dancing Like they’ve won their lives Trees are praising Like they’ve won their lives What can I do to show you’re worthy? Like a good machine Breath grinds my being Mobility is fine My joints, in sync What can I do to show you’re worthy? […]
Hey mosquito Please do quit o I love my land And you are an unwelcomed guest  II Hey mosquito Please do quit o Who are you to fetch and infest On a land which is not thine?  III Hey mosquito I have a plan o I will get my palm wet And wait […]
 When I am down I think of a clown Who gets a crown For wiping many a frown In a sad sad town  II Described by children as foolish And by the critiqued as brutish Described by the stressed as funny And by a lover as a bunny What reigns supreme is he […]
Excited, I felt the pangs of passions Anxious, I yearned for thoughts of favour Loving, I waited for the angelic verdict But in he came with a plan to have And hold firm another flower in bloom Oh God! And I felt dirty in gentle thoughts II How odd I could have shrugged it off […]
Colour is choice Of the artist turned creator Colour is naught But a paint to grace II Colour is naught But misinterpretation hails some And like the idiots who fight for paints And leave the house for ants and rats We hail it so, living in hate III Black is deep White is pale A […]
Deeds abound Calling all around To pick their choices In the wake of their voices Choices of good Will be the soul’s food Choices of bad Will beat the soul hard So through the torture and the pain Through the suns and through the rain Through the Shame and all the fame Through the smart […]
 God, I hate to ask this of You But I have to ask anyway I need an erection Give me an erection An erection as hard as the Kwahu Mountains To gain the attention of all domineering To call them to order  II I need to replace this flat land With a gargantuan […]
‘Wↄi wↄi, wↄi, wↄi wↄi!’ Islamic rules wear traditional smocks Sweating under oblivion in locks Powering croaky voices and attracting flocks Who open fem-stalls and put in stocks Hammering submission like traveling seconds of clocks They proudly say they are the cocks  II ‘Wↄi wↄi, wↄi, wↄi wↄi!’ I am sure when Islam reached […]
Part stone, part metal, covered in mud She is carved Even sharpened venomous teeth seep not They only scratch her mud coverings which you easily rebuild Your mood while carving, I am curious Packing so much strength in that small a frame Carving so many angels to watch over her This soul stands afar and […]
Birds sing tunes in happy dew Dozing leaves are far from few Winds stir pots with unknown brew Another test of life is simply due II I know that God does keenly peek From clear spectacles He does right seek Many of His homes do corruption leak Sneak peek at its peak, a stenchful reek […]
Sun bathes in cold clouds Stars giggle following moon Descending dawn stairs Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
When dawns rise And hide stages of surprise Unleashing the suns On those in filthy cans They feel the pressure Like an unskilled hunter looking for a treasure They feel the many eyes burn And the many heads turn To their directions Pointing at all omissions What is man to do? When the stage is […]
I When hurdles pile dirty in a long long while And visions get blurry like a mirror in steam Then you are almost getting to the end of the cliff II When passions get confusing like illusion so sore As hearts battle heads at the crossroad of sanity and madness Know you are almost getting […]
I wan say am But ibi like say I can’t Why? Last time, when person opened im mouth And said those people be fools, dem cut im head like chicken Another person too go say that them be like dogs And cats and lions He too, im body turn meat wey was shared for dogs […]
Mother Ghana wake! Wake from thy slumber! Wake too late and you shall curse your fate!! II Mother Ghana wake! Suns are roasting heads of your savannah children Meat has sanity beaten, causing peace to flee III For meat, your children turn meat Slashing ears and slashing heads Piercing eyes and pulling hearts like dogs. […]
Hearts intertwined like threads  lost in channels Crossing each other, hurting each other Pulling at each other, tearing each other A world of chaos and anarchy As they knot in frost Soon, we might need a scissor-like equipment To cut through in order to save ourselves Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015
SHAMIMA “I am going to kill myself Yes, kill myself Society says an old man is my portion Because his white hairs shine wisdom and care I can’t live like a defiant fighting death off him So I will kill myself” ABLAVI “Kill yourself? Wait let me join you to kill ourselves Society says I […]
I Deep within each heart Are halves searching for their completion Once time stalls, frights start And bitterness takes control after yearning’s depletion II Deep within each heart Are arts to cart the right To attract even those asleep on many a mat To be drawn to features loving and bright III Deep within each […]
Policing the corrupting Ordering and removing the pious Liaising with the needy and greedy Instilling stealing tips in hearts of indifference Telling huge fake tales of expenses made In light of coercion for mandate Calling on propagandists to propagate deceits Allowing aliens to rule to turn indigines stooges Let us stop and think, Ghana, my […]
Sweet sensational pangs Hold my being and hangs Twisting my heart and lungs Showing their powers and fangs My passion’s head is in their fangs as they bang Making it forget the song that sanity sang When it once fell into hands of cruel boiling gangs II I swear I want to feel like Ana […]
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