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 […]
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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) […]
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LOVE IS NOT ENOUGH
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 […]
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FOOD IGNORED
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
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INGRATITUDE
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 […]
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HOP ALONG
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 […]
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HEAD OUT TALL
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 […]
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EARTH DELICACIES
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 […]
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PLEASE LADIES, PLEDGE WITH ME
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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APPEASE OUR ANCESTORS
We struggle in this rounded shelter With no thoughts of those we replaced Angry ghosts still bloat the earth Taking our space and breathing our air For every one we push unfairly Into the mouth of the glutton earth There is the hurt that lives unnoticed In our personal space and our personal time […]
Fame abounds on the humble Like fire on light ice It makes the ice so hot Parched throats fear to touch But those feeling the cold weather Get to use the hot water for coffee or tea Neglecting the thoughts of its original state Many might have loved to sip it It might have wanted […]
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THE BOSS RISES WITH ALL
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 […]
Mama’s space Is occupied by air Mama’s hug Is always done by the tree Mama’s voice Is lost in the wind So in my many nightmares I have no voice to call mama Because when the trees and the air Run there, their scare will stop my heartbeat. Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia […]
The cradle cries From the cold of loneliness As the infant cringes in the darkness Of the past What could’ve now been a blessing Ended up being a past catastrophe Which you pushed with the help Of rakes of harsh drugs Now you call on God After abandoning the gourd Of the gods […]
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WATCHING OURSELVES
We were created by no one knows We live for love but none wants to show We stage comedies but none wants to laugh Geniuses create parodies Many show for the show Others laugh in their shelters and watch We end up laughing at ourselves in the mirrors of actors Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014 […]
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YOU SEEM TO BE A PHANTOM
You seem to be a phantom Who lives in everything living Your eyes are never shut Probably because you watch out for us Or could it be you trust no one? Your beauty goes throughout the land Yet none has seen you Why the mystery? Who are you hiding from? Who follows what he can’t […]
Carnivores hearts bleed As ebola their targets freed The kingdom of the wild Might be singing hallelujah For their liberation from African mouths Our curse, their blessing That’s the life the creator created Fair to a group now Fair to that group tomorrow. Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014
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BE YOUR DRIVER
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 […]
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ECSTACIA (ADULT POETRY)
Now I indulge in chanty duets Not painful pushy frets I ascend the heavens, Pass cloud nines to the elevens, Held by potent electricity Lighted from my sternum, cursing my chastity Smooth cheeks take me far Bewhiskered, and we are at par The delectation of each brush Grants my vehicle a fuel stash To […]
Laughter resonates From the abyss of the acquired The acquired watch their masters Slumber with no awareness Mocked pageant of self ownership fills the air At this point, they’re unowned And can belong to any daring hands But the snores are so confident That they have eyes on watch When they’re also of the flesh […]
There is quietude in the midst of the noise There is noise in the midst of quietude There are humans amidst the inhumans There are inhumans amidst the humans No, there are the inhumans lurking in every human Yours may spark with the light of materialism His may spark in the light of the centre […]
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SOW A SEED
Sow a seed In an infant It’ll grow to feed You and your nation Just plant a seed like an ant And it’ll grow like an elephant To wow the world, Your world We can starve for a day Our stomachs will have nothing to say But smiles will accompany many infant mouths […]
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THE DAY SMILES
The day’s smile, is his light No matter the winds, The day smiles No matter the storm, The day smiles No matter how long the clouds thread, The day smiles No matter the amount of tears he weeps, The day smiles No matter the deadly nature of the fumes he inhales, The day smiles Let […]
They swam in competition for the eggs And won their race Just hoping for some pecks So they bore all the cramping and escaped from sicknesses’ chase Only to come to the shore To realize they boarded the wrong vehicles Now what? No matter the many walks one will take You see some […]
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SINFOMAHIACS
They sit on the fury of the gods And fan them to snooze Everyone is onboard this sin against the gods Some watch as some touch The symbolic tails of the chained seer To hide their sins under its fur Some sip from the calabash of hatred Others eat from the earthenware of […]
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SHOW ME A BLACK JESUS
Show me a black Jesus And I’ll change my name to Christiana Peters I’ll carry His words like a heavy cross Because I’ll know He is my life’s source I say show me a black Jesus One who was taunted with a banana And I’ll follow his steps to the tomb Believing […]
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MY LOVE ALWAYS AT ITS SIMPLEST
I know it is like a contest But I see in many the yearning for a conquest You don’t have to do a thing You need to make me a being and not your thing What you feel within, please to me confess I’ll see the moment as priceless And I’ll love you more Even […]
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DOPED IN HIS AUTOEROTICISM
Help! He finds pleasure in autoeroticism Can that be considered cheating? Who do I fight with for my partner? Himself? Then I’ve lost the game All the twinkles left the sky of my eyes The curves have migrated from the contours of my mouth Life stares down at my soul-less being And shakes its head […]
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HER DEMONIC SIDE
Hannah was a sweet girl Who couldn’t hurt a weak fly Until Jack took her flower And abandoned her leaf No one saw anger developing claws In her, none saw revenge digging a hole in her What we saw was her lost frame in the sea of hate She first uprooted Jack’s roots and […]
If you ask me I’ll tell you there’s no interest Mice could live in your stomach Tell it to others and they cry Over their own stomachs If you ask me I know none cares Write beautifully, if they’ve never stepped in your word house Or wish to step in there, They’ll shun and […]
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THE GAME
Cats and rats Stay in opposite rays They clap and slap Their eyes on each other; Rats desperate in outwitting Cats desperate for food “No offence intended No defence for the weak” Is the slogan of cats “No place for slacking” Be a cat or a smart rat Chances are, you live full Or you […]
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JUST SAYING
I cannot be shamed Or defamed Because I’m in my own life’s 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
I stand on this mountain top Looking at the beautiful terrestrial contours As I smooch the benevolent dew drop I stand mesmerized by the lands Which comfortably sit in innocence Bearing all barbarisms in its belly and saying nothing to terroristic bands I stand here Closer to God Asking how she can all […]
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PAST LIVERS
Theirs was to be the cooks And shy from books Theirs was to the weights Of the night and be baits Theirs was to be the incubators And be great spectators Theirs was to till the farms And protect little ones from harms Theirs was to be clear of dreams […]
Under the dark dark sky With fireflies as our light, We cared only about our hearts’ rhythms And shunned the noisy mosquitoes Hunger tried but failed in its bid for our separation Money tried but failed woefully And aimless tongues tried all they could but ended up Hiding under the skirts of their mouths […]
Sea shells talk to the shores like pretty dolls talk to their girls They ask for cover They ask for completeness They ask for freedom but they get captured If I’ll end up that way Under your cover Please leave me under this dangerous shade The winds may rape me As the […]
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UNCHAINED
She’s like sapphire Transparent in feelings, She blabbers about her dearest Embracing her absence And wearing her yearnings like a beautiful gown I feel I’m watching a weird movie I live like her, if not more occupied So why does she try to taunt me with names? Could it be her loneliness is more […]
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THE PLEDGE
“I’ll close my heart And stop it From taking in any possible breaker I’ll immerse myself In work which keeps me fulfilled And will never look into attractive eyes I swear to live by myself Doing good and neglecting all males Let them drown for all I care” All these are promises […]
Rains are blessings Rains can be curses Fire is a servant Fire can be a murderer Food is what we are Food can steal our treasured lives I am a near nirvana Flawed, heavily flawed In unmanageable hands I am like the fire which kills the cold But my buttons must not be pushed Lest […]
If there is a chance I’ll turn into a plant When the earth receives my being, Please make me a creeping plant Specifically a water melon plant And give me space to climb, crawl and lie I’d like to climb the tallest tree… Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014.
You took me to the land of ire Where there’s none called sire And made me an ire-nian And a natural believer of “Do What the Romans do When you go to Rome” I had the eyes which hatred emoted, Hands which easily smote, Mouth which spat and threw fits, Legs which stomped and […]
I chew groundnut in its shell I eat maize on its bell Okro in my stew flows from my backyard Plucking plantain is not hard Getting cassava just needs a tool If I want, I’ll eat like a fool Pepper calls to be plucked As tomatoes’s lipstick aims to seduce… Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014 […]
Do it to perfection The needed direction Which will take me to that mansion Do it to perfection By not going against your instruction To cause any commotion Do it to perfection The words which wow the congregation And gain you much affection Because I’m open eyed in this mansion Looking for […]
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SMILE, I SEE YOU
I see you With sadness sitting on your face Impatience running you a race Uncertainty holding your pace And all the pain you brace I see you With the mentality growing in your mind The fears you hide for none to find The complacency of hatred you happily bind And all the revenge you […]
Standing on a mountain top I have the eyes to sadly pop The ills which never seem to stop In the full glare of the big cop He is a big moral flop Who has from his sanity gladly hop He is being awarded a disgusting crop To say no word to make them […]
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A DUET TONIGHT
Tonight, I need to sing a duet I’m equipped with this high tone set On this stage where many have bet Tonight, I need to blend in bliss In a shivering electrifying kiss To make enemies extremely hiss Tonight, I need to sleep for long In a world where I’ll safely belong Blessed […]
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THE LONG JOURNEY
My journey is long My aim is somewhere to belong I was the earth, trampled upon Pounded by metal boots Then butchered I felt all the pain But ended up as part of some mortar For construction of a building. I couldn’t care less, From the earth to the sky was an upgrade […]
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