BE WARE OF YOUR OWN FRIENDS

Celebrating the joy of her marriage

Her friends came to wine and to dine

But too soon than late, her heart was pierced

The bleeding wound won sympathy from peers

But little did she know;

Her own friend, the one she would never say no,

Carried the hidden dagger that pierced her heart

                                                                                                                                Abeiku Okai

 GOING AND COMING

Going and coming in and out of season

Roaming to and fro with no apparent reason

You set your mind and heart in the darkest prison

Treason or no treason

Your soul endures the torture, fighting to grab the lesson

Sometimes you seek to give up and dis-memory the past

Other times you try to throw in the towel and dis-heart your plans

But indecision will unmove your feet

Confusion will not push out your heart

Till there is now no more decision to hit

What is your problem?

You never speak it; neither will ever signal it?

You alone still know where lays the dilemma

You fear the future and dread to risk

But the choice, black or white, is always yours to make

BIRTH OF AN INDIVIDUAL

 In a world that seems like a home

                                         In a world that looks like a global village

                Thou art an individual

                                      An island surrounded by the ocean

                           Like everyryone, u were born ’lone

    And your head you carry alone

                               Say not that all animals are equal

                            Some are more equal than others

         Some were born with silver spoons in their mouth

                      And others were born with shovels in hand

                    Some were born with parents to dine with

                   And others were born as agyankaba

                No matter then your birth

               U were born ’lone

              No matter then your expectations

             U weave your destiny alone

             Lone alone, lone alone

             Thou art a lone individual

             Carry then oh carry

             Thy own head must thou carry

              Linger for none to give you a push

              Depend on none but Jah ’lone

                 In your hand is the pencil to draw your destiny

In your pocket is the key to drive the lorry of destiny

                      Look to none and expect from no one

                         U were born as an individual

                           U were born ’lone

                              U were born with no one

                                   U were born ’lone

                   And that is the birth of an individual

                                  

A to Z of My Love for You

A little more and I will kiss your lips

Be alert; my love will find you out

Certainly, nature made you mine

Dear, you just can’t escape my love

Everything I do is toward the good of our family

Falling in love with you has been the best decision

Girl, nature made you mine

How can I ever let go your love?

In moment of joy and sorrow

Just as you are…I will always hold you close

Know this in your mind:

Love of you is my prison…I will forever be there

Make me your babe

No one will enjoy your womb of love than me

Open up to none but me

Pains caused by your love -

Queen of my heart -

Remains the sweetest experience ever

See the transparent heart of mine

Touch my veins of true romance

Under no situation will I give your romantic place to another

Verily, verily I will forever hold you and be held by you

Wherever my name is mentioned your virtuousness will be honoured

Xylophone will be played together with all African instruments

‘You are the ABC of my love’, so will the melody go

Zeal with true love will forever glue us together – I love you.

LET LOVE PREVAIL

Let love prevail, let love prevail

Let love prevail in this happy matrimony

Let love uphold forever this precious harmony

Disagreement may stubbornly arise

And anger would always want to take the prize

But let love prevail in this happy matrimony

Conflict is bound to surface and resurface

And disappointment would cover your faces

But let love prevail in this happy matrimony

People may say what they want to say

Family, friends, and even strangers on their own way

Would stand by and poke their noses into the affairs of this union

But let love prevail like the powerful scent of an onion

Love is the greatest and stands above all others

Money can build a house, but love makes a home

Money would bring a man and a woman together

But love makes them husband and wife

Love, the wisdom of the Holy Scriptures says, is patience, Kind, decent, truthful and hopeful

Love does not envy, it is not Insolent, proud, selfish, or easily angered.

Love, love, love, oh as for love, it never thinks evil

It bears all things, believes all things, and endures till the right solution is reached

So then finally, Mr and Mrs………

Whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest,

Whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure,

Whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report;

if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise,

Listen to no enemy of progress, just do this one thing for me

let love prevail in this happy matrimony

BLAME NOT MY LOVE

A year is dead
Another is born
Day and night lived and died
But my love stayed alive
Hot and wet seasons rose and fell
But my love stayed awake

My love was pure and without insincerity
It lived for none but you
It cherished not but you
But you…you
You took it for granted
And made pain its bedfellow

Now you’ve split it
And spread one half abroad
Last year, it thought of none but you
It saw beauty in none but you
It told fairytales of none but you
But now, it shares your place with another

So blame not my love
A new year is however born
One more chance is left
To reclaim all or let go all
The choice is yours as the ball in your court still lies
No more bluffing and taking for granted
When the eyes of the fool is opened
The game comes to an abrupt end…

IN YOUR PRESENCE