Should he be gone ...

Should he be gone before you realise it

Should it be late for you to beat your thigh

Ahead in the ripeness of time 

Awaits what er will betide 

In the darkness of the night

Nor above, in the fullest of the single eye 

If not now or soon, it might be someday

If you don't think twice

If you don't deal justly

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HERE

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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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

Painful Ordeal

The wait was forever

in the resistance endless

of that ordeal painful  

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

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.

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