I It came visiting Looking fragile and harmless In quiet heelless shoes II None gave it a thought As it built its strong mansion But now we all see III Why do we all see? Because many disappear Whenever it eats IV Its meals were first dark Darkness tried fleeing but failed As light watched […]
Gravels Roots Sand Stones Roots Worms Water Makes the earth One out And there’s chaos So are the lives we live Let all heads and hearts be one For our living perfection Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
In Cupid’s heat The drums of hearts beat As fluttering takes a seat And daydreams are filmed neat II In Cupid’s time Heartbeats chime And rhythms rhyme As equal voices mime III We were there There where there was care Care which was rare Rare until it turned to dare IV Now it is a […]
Loving the warmth Hating its burns Loving the cold Hating its freeze Loving the air Hating fierce winds Loving the sea Hating tsunamis Loving the land Fearing earthquakes Loving to live Hating to die We always, always want more Way more than there really is So satisfaction exists only in name Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) […]
I’m in bed But not in bed I’m in the bed of thoughts Lying on the blanket of fear And wrapped with the cloth of future loss All working with darkness of nightmares To throw me into a bottomless pit of  failure II Why do I walk in sleep? Why do I run in sleep? […]
Here, I wait Like a rooted stone Here, I wait For your grand return Here I wait, Waiting in anxiety Will you, Like the loyal knight return? Will you Like the diligent knight dig me out on your return? Will you Like the loving knight wash me clean after digging? Will you Like the perfect […]
His pet Turned into his haunter Haunting him at his vulnerable best Turning his laughter into fright  His pet Who was a cat Turned into a lioness And showed its hunger to him  Now he yearns not for it He yearns for it to die And it yearns to make a meal out […]
If seas, like blanket, fold And trees are tied in a bundle And plants hold hands in shrubbing Where will humans be?  If the land, like cloth folds And the sky shatters into pieces And darkness assumes its original position Where will humans be?  Bubbles, that’s what we are Beings are bubbles bubbling […]
Shadows Merge in shadows unmatched Shadows which swallow shadows How can they be seen?  Lights Merge in lights unmatched Lights which swallow lights How can they be seen?  Agree And let our shadows give their marks Standing visibly in togetherness So we can each be seen  Agree And let our lights battle […]
Life An endless baton Of no marked winners Love Undecipherable Holds hearts like its toys Death Ghostly thief uncaught Master of its art We Live and love and die The baton forever continues Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia
Thank you to all those who visit my blog, I am truly humbled and you don’t know how happy you make me when I see traces of your visit in my stats. Blessings to all of you. Due to some forces beyond my control, I need some time to sort myself out for a while. […]
I wish none had hair Then all could share the rubrics of the fair Heads; Round Pointed Oblong Will battle And mamas will battle To showcase their handiworks From birth till cartilages turn bones Then beauty will be real art And long silkies, Beautiful bushes Short and long Whatever colour Will have no voice in […]
Machines That’s what we are We work And work Some servicing with affluence Others with water Others with sand But like those with water and sand The affluent servers break down Maybe without mouths That’s their way of saying They need rest And a rest never hurts Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
Destroyers destroy Criers cry Thinkers think Fools fool Gluttons eat Gossips gossip Nothing so strange about this Your judgement Will see you to your destination Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
Bonsu eeeeeeee Please bring the huge drum Akosua wants to drown herself in tears Because her pig has left her to marry some dirt I need her tears to fill the drum So I can help her bathe when she heeds to the call of fatigue There are so many neat animals Animals aiming to […]
You looked warm And I loved your charm Your colour Your fragrance Your hope And your zeal to battle the cold And run into your arms Suspecting nothing Then I felt the cold Started shivering Felt the ice Started dying In your warm embrace Then I realised That you are the blanket with holes Realised […]
I That spine Is not a swine Treat it fine And it’ll do you fine II Sitting and bending Lying, twisting and not exercising Being in one sitting Feeling it hurting without caring III Just know one thing It does no flings Once it is hurt beyond repairs Its breakage is your breakage, yes, you have […]
When the leaves leave The fans will not fan The winds will wind and wind But will find no sky toys And will have to make do with down rooters Who will never be pawns In their playfulness Dust may do But won’t the wind get bored playing with just one? Just watch Play the leaves […]
I The same safe canoe Which gently took you to sea Can also drown you II The pot caretaker Can also be pot breaker A famous saying III So what? She broke pots Know she gave the tendering hand And realize that much IV We are fallible She may be greatly at fault But you […]
See you in a film Laugh or cry Be in agreement or angry Criticise or support Learn a moral Most importantly Know you’re the star Of the moment Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c)
Hear the world’s bell chime And the world’s air rhyme See many a  crime With payment of no dime See the world as lime And do goodness mime Now know your prime Then you can use your time In time Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
Think of me Me who sleeps Sleeps in filth Filth which reeks pain Pain which kills Kills innocent souls Souls which help Help in shaping this world World of chaos Chaos which makes way Way for more suffering Suffering of sadness Sadness which kills Kills the soul Soul which leads Leads to the spirit Spirit […]
I We crave for confusion Why do I say so? The white craves blackness The black craves whiteness And so we complain to the air See the white talking in creole Or is it in blackness? And see many claiming superiority Probably because of lack of self confidence of their existence Now see the blacks […]
I I live to sin A not so proud of trademark As much as possible, please prompt me Lightning my path for me to  clearly see II There are the needs And there are the wants Please help my needs And be graceful with my wants III There are the lovers There are the loathers […]
A shining light beckons Go, go, go Step into its realm And dream It is not sleep that beckons It is your angel Calling in the sweetest voice With the best of intentions Intentions of protection Sleep and let thoughts weep For the angels rise in defence They fan and dote on you So there […]
Will the poor be saved? No! No! No! And No! They will never be saved No matter their struggles Most will fall at the hands of poverty Because they are businesses Businesses of some unscrupulous dudes Who profit at their sufferings And revel in their misery The dirtier the better The more pathetic, the richer […]
Bang! Bang! Chang! Chang! Kunklong! Kunklong! Splash! Splash! Swish What is there? Water hold drums Food hold bowls Ground sits on the sofa While the table sits crossed legged on the television What is going on? “Things fall apart The centre cannot hold” A look through the windows Humans have developed wings and are flying […]
I When words fail the poet And drummers’ hands are severed When songstresses’ voice fail And the teachers lose their memories Problems walk on countless feet II When hunters lose their swiftness and tools And cooks lose their hands and taste-buds And masters become servants And soldiers lose their strength Problems walk on countless feet […]
Sinking deep in the stormy sea Alone in the vast, no stick to see I clutch at my fist To gain a seat I see my legs on floating feet Left, right, up and down My eyes can see Only the waters of the sea Yelling of pain Noise of chaos Frightening roars As war […]
I Dust, winds, form whirlwinds Which whirls and blocks your cool path And laughs at your trials II You lose your balance Like a paper in their midst They smile in content III Close your eyes and wind Dance to their own tune and see Their muscles will tear IV Dust and winds will fight […]
Dreadful dreams Stir horror’s nest Real they seem Unreal they seem The pot of thoughts Is stirred by fear The heat of reality Boils and cooks Thoughts wander far from legs Danger dens are far from seen Now dreadful dreams do nothing Dreadful thoughts kill the soul Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014 (MY THOUGHTS: Thoughts […]
I I am a wall gecko A harmless wall gecko Whose life is seen Even on screens II I am no chameleon I can’t be a chameleon Whose body mirrors Its foes and friends III With wriggles to hide Have pity on me I don’t aim to hurt Or kill a being IV I’m in […]
I When darkness falls I fear the weather’s calls Calls into a world you made To give you the perfect shade To taunt me with your memories II In your world, I am your pawn of child I do what you want and you play me Everyone watches that video, but me Until you yourself […]
I Do not be so scared Come closer, closer to this flower Look keenly, very keenly and touch the safest part And I’ll adorn you with forever happiness II I do have thorns I do have scary, frightening looking thorns Thorns which sit on my skin to protect And not to harm, so keenly look […]
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 […]
She sat on her heart Like an oldly used torn mat And tried to be pretty II Hurt like angry waves Broke out of  her heart’s locked gate Flooding her sad world III The sweet birds watching Her beauty, flew far away Watching and curious IV Why would she lie thus? Pretending to have new […]
I I had a dream A dream with God as Chair Humans screamed their disgust Plants and trees screamed their pain Animals screamed life’s unfairness The earth kept mute II Every stakeholder Looked in earth’s direction And so earth had no choice but to give a speech “I suffer, I give and I take And […]
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 […]
I am pepper A red hot pepper I can nausea repair And can food prepare II Â I am not dumb So do not into me bump Make me no water To wash your dirty fingers III If I’m treated with respect I’ll never you suspect And my fire will be hidden From your harm and […]
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 up And you’ll be the meat That will […]
I The average bird bemoans its small size Envying the ducks and chickens The duck quacks in anger: II “Shut up and enjoy your physique You’re able to dodge most danger And you can see the world in hanging What of us whose flying dangle? And are easily caught in silvers?” III The chicken nods […]
I We exist And resist To desist Fighting death II We cry And try To lie To live III But a voice Who has choice Shuts our noise Into quietude IV So know You’ll blow In this show Of life, so truly love Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
Sleep angel Guide this star Who shines bright But is fragile II Protect this soul From fearful screams And let it meet All in divine III Sleepy angel Lead straight Through the contours Of sleep IV Place peace Close and seize Fright Till day opens its doors Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
This one way journey, I, like the lonely bird flies Passing through all roads II The hurting lovers Like beautiful flowers wound Me with their cruel thorns III Luckily, like grass Which aims to live in the dry I heal and move on IV I do swear sometimes Never to touch a flower Of any […]
I Hold Don’t fold Don’t fold Those arms II Heat I want your heat Your heartbeat On your chest III Yearn Just yearn And learn For me IV Give I’ll give This me To you Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
I He saw her face And joined the race He saw his pace And reviewed his case He screamed! He screamed! II He picked his ego Scrubbed and scrubbed But the hurt dirt won’t leave it He cried and cried And cursed and cursed III Someone must pay And it must be her Who shunned […]
I Give Receive Be relieved And believe In its healing A smile II Please Release Or appease All you’ve displease Break all bad decrees Lose the hurt III Love Sweet love Pure love Great love Immense love Cost nothing Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
I Her birth blood from the gutters scream For her to all the filth redeem Her blood can’t stand likes with her dream And can no longer stand their scream II She can’t be called rich as such In her wardrobe designer is much All her looks have a Midas touch And authenticity dwells in […]
Quinton quickly quaffs his quaff Hitting his head in hurried hurt Mother mummers Father frowns Sisters sit in sadness II Why would he worry their world Drinking drunk to destruction? Like a leech who lives to last in his last Quinton quickly quaffs his quaff III Bleeding  and bursting beneath the burn Quinton quickly quaffs […]
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 […]
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