Monday 21 October 2024

No Night There

There was no night there
brightness like conquered darkness
where their people had no choices

and complaints like waterfall

on the back of a duck

only complaints 

which were said and not heard


There was no night there

daylight without the sun

daylight seen in an enclosure 

where there was no night 

and their ugly voices

but their shouts

and their instructions …


There was no love there

broken hearts, dreams, loneliness

there was no dignity

only men, beast, slavery

a land of fadeless days

they will leave this light into the darkness

but will find that light within them till the end of days


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Thursday 19 September 2024

Your friend

The only friend you can count on in a strange land is the police 

when other helpers fail and comforts flee

When you lose that friend, no purpose 

is worth serving

Survival in life

Your survival in life

is never in looking out for yourself

but in the many lives 

you help to preserve

Tuesday 17 September 2024

Painful Ordeal

The wait was forever

in the resistance endless

of that ordeal painful  

Saturday 15 June 2024

Waiting for a come back

The parting was unbearable:
they looked on and watched each other
You lost your smile
I lost my speech
Although our eyes met 
it signified nothing:
it didn't stop you from driving into the endless thick darkness of the night
I am at the same place where you left me that night
with your faintest memory
I can't bear losing all of you
come back quickly!

Who will believe my story

Who will believe my story?
Just as some are born great
some have greatness bestowed on them
and some work to attain it,
there are others born to meet others
to prepare the way of others
and to join others for a worthy cause.
Oh roses among your daddy's daughters
tell him who quickly wants you in holy matrimony
that the prince is born
and he is ready to comb your yellow hair

Friday 31 May 2024

Our Gallant Soldiers

sons of the golden soil
sons of the men
sons with our name

we sing your praise
on our shoulders we lay
your solemn remains 

broad chested men
whose guns still sound
on the way beyond

you we mourn
our dear loss:
you are gone

we share 
and 
we bear 

what we split: 
your grief
not alone to lift

to share 
is to care
to care 
is to be there
to be there 
 
in person 
in thoughts
in deeds
in words
in prayer

best at rest
beyond the worst
be at rest
 

* In honour of the 5 Ghanaian soldiers 
who lost their lives last year in peacekeeping
and the many others all over the world.

Wednesday 29 May 2024

He bids you come

Tell them  

there is no hiding under my sun  

there is no need coming if it is only a favour  

if you cannot bear my shame and reproach  

that mark that I now bear.  

 

Come now if you want me too  

the night is young before sunrise  

When you come it's forever  

Because you are worth more than what you have   

When you come we'll be together  

never again to leave my sight 

 

He bids you come  

He bids you light   

He bids you fair speed  

 

Do not tarry 

 

 

Saturday 18 May 2024

Words can't say it all

 
I said it all to you, oh wind
“That this is not the place”
And left a part concealed
But I will say these few words

Going is like broken mirrors patched with glue when told
Like white linen soiled with palm oil
Going is like the lonely silence
The hands which yearn a touch
The cries which pour out on hearing a loss

Gone with the truth
Firmness, politeness, fairness
With her smile, patience
Her repetition and understanding
When will there be another like you
I can’t stop asking even when I know there is no answer
I am glad I was in your final class
Those who enjoyed your best the last 

Indeed
some things are best not said
Some things
words cannot say them all

Like today, 
like yesterday
Like the last day of class
 
What I will say
It might be long
Don’t be gone for long
Let the contact be long



Prof. Garabano
At her last class meeting

You are the one

 

Out of the dark corner that hides me
The shame that shadows my crown
I stand in the middle of the journey
Waiting to continue with you
We spoke of my crown and my search
It was that night we first exchanged words
That night you saw me take my bow before the crowd
That die is already cast
I have found her at last
And you are the one