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 […]
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HAMMERED
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 […]
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YES, TODAY.
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 […]
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EASIER SAID
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” […]
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SEEDLY PRAYERS
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 […]
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DRIED LEAF AND FIRE
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 […]
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AT THE JUNCTION OF DILEMMA
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 […]
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FIGHTING ZONE
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
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YOU WERE A LESSON
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 […]
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BLACKMAILED
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 […]
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TROUBLING SATISFACTION
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) […]
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HELLO GOD!
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
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SONGS OF A RESOLUTION
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 […]
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MINDS LIKE RIVERS
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 […]
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HUMAN DIVERSITY
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 […]
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TOUCH A HEART
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) […]
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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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