Christmas Haiku

Dry winds bring to me,
sweet tasty akara scents,
and merry Christmas.

A first Haiku

The words dance to me
moving slowly with great grace
"Tender, beauty's here"

Time and Love

On the wings of love we flew

Even before time became conscious

I thought this was the end,

Then you showed me the starting line

Into our happy lives

Days offloaded its content into us

And we held each other closer and tighter

Far to the ends of the horizon our fame reached

Never to take your love and glory away

Sorry, if the journey was long for you

Forgive me if the warning was not loud enough

Our ways will part soon

Soon is now I know

When I get to my cloud

I will be sure to send a kiss

One you will forever keep

In your heart and soul

If you will forget me, never forget the days we shared

And the nights we didn't

Cuz one day the story will be continued...

Kpokakpoka

Many moons have gone by
Since I meant to start a revolution
A clarion call to action
A youth propelled movement that'll gain traction
Together we'll fire
Mental shots of change and progress
To herald the start of a new dawn
Just listen to the sound kpoka! Again? kpoka!

Chase the cheaters and the eaters
Who're like barriers in the path of the cheetahs
Stalling progress with their tethers
But with ricocheting shots
Shots of mental action emanating from thought
We reverse the age of retrogression
Here we go kpoka! Louder KPOKA!

The scourge of dis-ease
Plaguing the people of the nation
Sapping energy, reducing productivity
Let's end its menacing reign
Bring the mental weapon into action: kpoka!

There goes poverty too
That wicked depressor
Notorious for killing dreams thus engendering social ills
Break down its dominating prison
With bullets of determination
Loaded in our mental gun
Fire kpoka! fire kpoka!

Though thieves and robbers who raid the streets at night
wield massive weapons of power
We'll shake not, we'll hold our shores
Ours is the super weapon of resistance
That'll scatter theirs into smithereens!
Hehehe kpoka! kpoka! Haha kpoka!

Against illiteracy and ignorance, kpoka!
Against corruption and poor governance, kpoka!
Against sloth and laziness, kpoka!
Against filth and poor sanitation, kpoka!
Herald the new dawn of youthful thoughts of resistance
Metamorphosing into action and improvement
Change Africa, kill the backwardness
Kpoka! Kpoka kpoka!

Rising Cheetahs

Inspired by TEDxYouthInspire

Here comes Africa's new breed

Who're offsprings of the planted seed

The youthful ones who'll clear every need

Through the knowledge they get from the books they read

To Zion our people they shall surely lead

And ensure that the masses are truly freed

They're the ones when bogged down

And suppressed with thoughts of gloom

Just spread out their mighty wings and take flight

Take flight on wings of attitude powered by determination

I smile when I think of you

My heart glows when I hear your voices

And when I see you my face shines

For you have become the joy of my life

In the midst of this hostile weather you're the refreshing breath of air

Like a rose your words are fresh and scented and inspiring!

For you make me dare to dream

That love my hands could dare reach

Though we may not be rich

True joy for the land you do preach