Hunchback television Paved way for the flats All inspired by Edison’s light Harvested food’s love with famine Gave reason for the canned and tinned All inspired by the need to eat and survive Brown leaves fall In wait of the greens All inspired by the tree’s need to flourish At a time […]
Stony, stony, stony mountain No water, no food, no assuring fountain Heart on fire No heart’s desire I’ve lost my bid on the painful counting Stony, stony, stony mountain Fearfully, heartlessly and horribly daunting All you’ve made me is a crier As the sun do me frier And some hungry lions keep on haunting […]
Hospitality Brutality Extreme poverty Queer animosity On this continent of love Rare corruption Thoughts on a mission To accomplish their visions Of filling their pockets with grave decisions On this continent of love Like ants around wood Looking for food If we work as they stood Our forefathers will be in the blessing […]
I woke in the morning To the calls of crowing And loved the air blowing And saw the trees swinging I loved the birds singing And loved the bush brushing Happily, happily, to the stream I went singing The stream kept waving The rats kept strolling The sun kept smiling The dust kept dancing […]
Faithfulness! A word as beautiful As a flower With many opened Holes of deceit in deed Love! A word sought From mouths of worthy beings But heavily utilised By pain, mockery and hatred Trust! A word which lights The face and tingles the heart Only to be a pawn In the hands of […]
Stumbling upon a bloody kite On an unimaginable stony site He made to run with all his might But was caught and jailed by the unfair light He thought a lot about this trappy bright And saw clearly how he was poorly indict’ He swore to never be confined without a fight So he […]
Papa’s pipe must be filled, Because he gave me life Not because he took care of me, For blessings from the gods. Mama’s clothes must always be new, At any occasion because she gave me life Not because she took care of me, For blessings from the gods. My siblings; twenty and one […]
Owls I must fear From my mother’s words I infer If their minds are fixated on me at night Nothing I do will go right Crocheting crochets Please leave my clutches Mouths of oldy angries Must be treated with care An angry growl and their curse Connives with thunder to deal me a blow […]
Save a place for me Grandma Please save a place for me I do not know what country or town awaits After my eyes close and my breathe seizes Save a place for me Grandma There may be a long cue which might require one knowing another If the current bribing here is […]
I need to feel the sun I need to feel the sun in my land I don’t need blankets When it is too hot for clothes I need to drink water I need to drink potent water I need no liquor When thirst warns to drown me in the sea of death I […]
From the soothing balm of shea To the ginger, pepper suppository Through to hunger which was queer And quenched with thick breakfast of ‘coco’ With plenty sunshine, my happiness was sealed By the creator I, like an angel, knew no colour I knew no difference I knew humans, black, white, yellow and whatever And […]
From painful smiles The mouth burst Scattering blood, breeding relief and pain Like an overfilled drum Hurt pushes to be free But the harder it pushes, the tighter it closes Oh soul of hunger! Soul of thirst! I’ve exceeded my danger! I’ve exceeded my pain! Get the pain seamstress! Get the hurt cleaner! […]
Growing guns Gleaming groans Gleaming groans Crying crosses Crying crosses Painful platforms Painful platforms Worried world Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
Gentle sunlight tries hiding behind The trees to no avail Gentle rivers blow beautiful breezes Which set the soul’s peaceful fantasy at sail Breath in, Breath out and relax your brain Worry is never in the land of this great read Imagine the birds singing your lullabic chorus And the air fanning your heat And […]
In his eyes; I saw the stars crying for me Then they smiled And laughed with me Twinkling, their light lighted my path In his eyes; I saw lust peeping through love And fun setting me a table Of palatables With comfortable seats In his eyes; I saw the promise of tomorrow And […]
The rhythm of falling Plays not in one house But all Esi’s roots were in solid gold Abena’s roots were in filthy gutter mud Their minds were in contrast Esi’s complacency showed Abena’s hard working mind prayed To ascend the ladder of gold Time held no hands The golden tree developed gutter […]
Who is waiting to marry The future sun When the brightest sun In his world smiles in beckoning? Who sees this smily day And looks forward to happiness In the face of the future day Yet unknown? It is here today Everything you see Everything you need To smile, so please smile. Amoafowaa […]
He told her: “Give it to the lord All that your thoughts can’t afford And He will use His sword To cut the roots of all its chords” He further said: “All have been written That Satan can be smitten By beings but his knitting Of traps is surely done with his muting” […]
These sad rains Seen through the gates of my eyes Are straight from the soul The seed hatched, Its features Leave me pained and strained Would it be lifelong? Would it be for the most part Of its life span? What am I to do If it is to be tended forever? […]
The eagles are fowls The fowls are eagles The houses are the sky The sky is the houses In her world. Elephants are ants Ants are elephants Lions are the cats Cats are the lions In her world Food goes through the rear Feaces come through the mouth The back houses the babies […]
Pity messed with her head As glittering living urged him on His ego was tingled by passion As his eyes strayed from her Was it her apparel? Could it be that her flowers are wilting? What could it be? These and many more walked in an excursion on her mind Her resolves were […]
A trickster, an afflicted An ordinary, a spiritualist Met at the path of need The former in monetary need The latter in need of freedom The stick which fails to be a branch And goes wandering, ends up in The gutters of the mouth So darn right, this adage Thus, the dried leaf faced […]
My mind and my heart clash And in their most horrendous bash They win in turns The heart mellows and turns The head stands firm And squirm It ends up with the heart wanting The head weighing So what is this? I want you I fear you I need you But my head can’t […]
When life’s fog takes my eyes I talk to self without lies And step on its ground to say my byes Without eyes shedding no cries In strength, I forge forward There is no fear which sends me backward Even when sent to the ward I dance to the chord Because life has […]
So one came With thoughts of putting me to shame His goatee looked so lame Yet he sought to me tame I let him go with ego deflated Completely different from how he came Another came Betting to have me tamed His antagonistic tricks I had defamed His time belled out and he was […]
What if Shakespeare’s thoughts Slept, sat, woke, ate, drank, slept And followed him to the grave? What if Thomas Eddison’s thoughts Slept, sat, woke, ate, drank, slept And followed him to the grave? What if Alexander Wolcott’s thoughts Slept, sat, woke, ate, drank, slept And followed him to the grave? What if […]
Him Her Them Me Let it be We And We And We And problems will develop wings To flee Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
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 […]
Before your hungry appetite is curbed I ask that you treat me fair and square Give my ink freedom to do its work Until my tinniest ink is dropped Let my name be on all the ink Unbloating tears hiding in all things phony And be the light of future men, Who will need […]
Fingers in between his teeth He stirs like a python Making me dizzy Taunting me to stir So I can have the sole blame For losing them But I am still Fingers in between his teeth Hitting his pate is an abomination Not for him, for me Because his stomach will receive What I […]
The eyes closing Hands falling Legs dawdling Head empting Stomach sleeping One will think they’re sick But no, satisfaction in action What does the body need? Hunger it cries Satisfaction it tries in failure What happened to up or down? This middle line, This middle line of satisfaction Is tiring. Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) […]
In the steps There are webs So thin but so powerful How do I walk As your pace demands When with each step The light in my eyes strain? You’re a God I am told Whose house is far Across the river of the sky You see it all I am told And the answer […]
Love Turn fire Consume My yearning Love Like rain Soak My tiredness Love Like storm Control My feeling Love Be love And with me Be one Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia
Sing me a song Sing me a song whose cords Will massage my scalp better than shea butter A song whose notes will make the tightest jeans Self-destruct and make all pain flee From this headstrong being Sing me a song which blends All the voices of the choir A song with no accompaniment […]
Our minds lie like vast rivers So vulnerable like abandoned children Whatever we throw in As they flow, they quietly hoard To give in time When we fill with goodness We plant good thoughts When we fill with hurt We plant bitter thoughts Which can turn monstrous with every nursing So be a […]
Faces, faces everywhere Rectangular, Circled, faces of square Description uncounted Relativity of beauty Faces of a creator just and fair Faces, faces, everywhere Houses of minds unready to share I wish I could a bit ascertain Faces of angles and Faces of demons Faces, faces, look me straight Never thinking of my mind’s […]
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
Amidst the pain And all the gain Amidst the storms And the beautiful suns Amidst the rough roads And the smooth ones Amidst the love And all the hate I’ll never change a thing Because each thing had its bearing on the me today Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
We holding hands Running like two doves We dancing under the keen eyes of the moon And bathing with the tears of the sky We kissing, tasting the rain And wishing to possess our bodies After we knew each other, The spider’s web which entangled, got torn By the sharp claws of […]
Trees, trees Family of trees I wish you could live like bees Together as one as each the other’s mind frees Trees with leaves Trees without leaves Trees with flowers Trees with fruits Trees with colour Colourless trees Short trees Tall trees Please form a garden By living as one. Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) […]
Our hearts’ choices vary Our eyes’ lenses target differently How can the two of us marry? Love alone is not enough You hate to share, You think I’m not fair How can the two of us marry? Love alone is not enough You hate the colour blue I hate it when you’re doing […]
Beauty Leading to fashion Fashion Leading to spending Spending Leading to thinking Thinking Leading to sin Planting is neglected While eating Is imperative Benevolent animals With no sense, please help the ‘senseful’ Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
He who discriminates On the food table He who discriminates Around the drinking tanks He who complains Of the hard sheets Knows no pain And knows no need Come to my end And I’ll give you a mirror in which you’ll see your ingratitude. Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
The fish farmer feeds the fishes In a polluted sticky pond Forcing their minds into gratefulness Until maturity feature them Their eyes then peep Through the forbidden hole The one the farmer warned Against looking let alone passing through There is that liberty which dawns A moment of thought sends them through They […]
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 You’re shortened When you can be tall Because your sky has been blocked by […]
He stirs She stirs Facing the opposites Suppressing the love which wants to play He yawns She yawns An evidence of watching with instincts But all hands have been tied by pride Some angry opener In settled time Left its ghost on the love birds Now even in sleep, it occupies the middle […]
The hands which frets The eyes which call for want The head which battles the heart The tongue which yearns to taste The legs which move and complain of pain The ears which draw attention and hurt The nose which smells good and bad alike Other organs we always wish to satisfy Are all cooking […]
I am a woman And I’ll stay a woman I won’t be a foe to another woman I won’t be a tool to hurt another woman A man is a man but a woman is my own I am a woman With everything woman I’ll stand tall and work to be a stronger woman […]
When brains fear strength Chaos stands tall The body of the pen Must fear no muscles Because its voice is the loudest Let the pen talk And the muscles bow Power like that Needs no coward for an ink I am a pen A pen without muscles But I will never stand To be crashed […]
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