AI,…am the boss…will you toss…and be your cross B.I,…am your floss…will show you gross…and be your loss C.I,…am your applause…will create your laws…and give your clause D.So know your stanceIn your circumstanceDon’t be askanceAnd lose your danceFor I am Public Opinion; your downfall and your chanceAmoafowaa Sefa Cecilia © September 28, 2022
We preyWe prey on the same people we wereIn our pastHoping our future will be crowned with wealthBut that future will be same as our pastIf not worse IISo look not down upon the poor townCrown no frown to force a bowFor the poor with good name…lives best in kind hearts through their handsBut the […]
Like the sun which rises to fallLike the moon which shines to dimLike the water which solidifies to thawLike the winds which grow wild with fury to calmLike the waters with waves which recedeLike the ships which sail to dockLike the birds which fly to perchLike the clouds which form to rainLike engines which work […]
Once upon a timeIn a jungle filled with crimeAgya Ananse decided to play a prank on othersBy promising and eventually seriously pledging to fly in feathers…in the coming year IIHe said so with no fearAnd taunted others who had no moneySaying he was boss because money was sweeter than honeyAnd had many birds killed for […]
Fire the furry of a great soldierForce out his anger like a teaseCarve his temper like a skilled carverAnd he will uproot fearlessness…to plant success on his battlefield…to keep you safeOr uproot patience to defy decency to murder youLearn the different languages of bodies IIIf you fire up the anger of your gardenerAnd force him […]
Once upon a timeA Hen saw a fallen eaglet…while feeding its chicks in the forestThis Hen added the eaglet to her chicksAlways breaking its clawsAnd removing its feathers to stop its wings from strengthening IIThe Fowl Kingdom asked Hen to either kill the eaglet…or let it looseBut Hen refused to listenShe claimed she could keep […]
When there arrives a dayFor all heads to sayWhat they’re paid to sayWhen there arrives a day for words of leadersTo lead the path they’re paid to leadWhen there arrives a day for the highestTo respect decisions of the higher and high to even the lowWhen there comes a day-A day all followers will out […]
It is true two suns …can never occupy a sky …at the same time But the sky liveth not to day And changeth its suns by day While growing into fullness …its moon by night Shedding to birth another by the month So think not only of today II Your power towers to cower Your […]
In time …the rich will gobble down the poor …and form their paupers who’ll be the most pitiable …of all Because they’ll find no free grass to make hay And they’ll find no free fruits on trees They’ll find no free land to on lay And there’ll be no bad job to take II In […]
Obi yɛ aburo ma akokɔ bi Obi nso yɛ akokɔba ma akroma bi Obi yɛ akura ma agyinamoa bi Obi nso yɛ akrantiɛ ma gyata bi Ewiase wɔ hɔ yi …ɛtesɛ ahoɔden atwedeɛ Wo wɔ tumi wɔ obi nkwa so …saa ara na obi nso wɔ tumi wɔ wo nkwa so b Enti mma wo […]
Power given is to be shared Power given is to be faired Power given is to be wired and lighted to act electricity for all Power given is not like power taken Power given is to be organized Assume super hero wings …and you’ll crash A reality parcelled in facts II Leading needs patience …with […]
Trouble Rumbling Under Main Polls II I thought fame and riches …gets all the treasure I thought name and power …do always tower So how did one with a Jesus skin And supreme air …with packed pocket Sitting on one of the world’s biggest throne …get dethroned by mockery? III Tears Roll Usurping Master Politically […]
As you swing your power sling …like a king with no end strings And enjoy as your people sing As you treat them like your mere things Remember, the bells to your tenure ring And time will fling you off no matter how hard you cling Because power’s wings fall off a shoulder to the […]
Power pulls persons …with pure promises …from pious paths …to perishings II Sad …since sincerities stick to see Sick …since supporters stand in sures Shocking …since softened sardines turn sharks to shred III Like lost leaks …lookers learn in leans …then learn to leach …in launching leagues longingly latented IV Poor prisoners priding in pens! […]
The skyline hosts no bars And no power to entrench clouds Passing clouds rule only for a while Fading or falling as rain To be consumed or swallowed by the earth II Reigning clouds Be not proud You have but a shine away To vacate the premise of the sky Look not down on struggling […]
The reins of reigns is slippery Like a smooth skinned fish In slimmy waters A firm hold is no mandate of ownership As many interruptions await Hand in hold might get tired Or be hit to lose Or even be cut to fall Coups abound in crowned seas And the waves differ by each day […]
In this limitful existence There are many in resistance Of losing Power in abundance Yet sit in a trance As Power walks through their entrance And floats in the air Power, oh Power! Why do you make them shudder? Like he-goats they suffer and sniffer To get into the back of their lovers They are […]
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