In The still of the night

In the still of the night

And there’s no one in sight

In my mind you’ll forever linger

Even when I die to fill you with kisses

And my arms ache to hold and caress you

Your memories will feel that space

Though I know your presence won’t be felt

Yes my eyes itch to see your beauty

And my body to be felt against yours

I long to smell of you so bad

But distance is acting at its best

Forever I’ll adore you

Always you be my only angel

In my dreams, we’ll continue to love

And in my life, you’ll forever be my other half

(c) 2010 Owiredu Albert Kofi

Those times

Those times

When I had things in haste

Rushing to get done in no time waste

I ended up with lots of wrong

Those times

When I had been so blunt in words

And my lips had moved so sharply

I left a heart bruised

And an emotion stirred

Those times

When I had been so fast in action

But slower in thought

My image I did tarnish

And to many others I gave

The cause to fight

Those times

When I had talked more

And had listened less

I was referred to as a talkative

Because I did say lots of unnecessary things

Those times

When I had been praised flatteringly

And I had believed every bit of that lie

I have come to realize

I was only being stupid and childish

Those times

When I had refused criticisms

And thought myself Man Perfect

Pride was my virtue

Because it had swelled up in my heart

I was only negatively confident

Those times

When I had hated more

And loved less

My heart just grew harder

Harder and solid as stone

Those times

When I had called them

Who encouraged bad acts

And evil doings

Good friends

I was lost and foolish

Because I could really

Really not define friendship

Those times

When I had followed the crowd

And gone the Broadway

Forgetting the many could be wrong

I had only lost my sense of assertiveness

And that time

Which is now

And I wish to make right

All the wrongs I have done

I, now am really

Repentant and wiser.

(c) 2010 Owiredu Albert Kofi

Sonnet: Being Alone

The feeling of being alone

Is one surely of great tone

The longing for a beloved

The desire to hold and kiss one cherished

With an undying flame

Such an emotion is stirred to life

It makes you feel so lame

As if you can’t survive

Yet it won’t kill you

And you won’t lose anything too

It makes so obvious her absence

And you terribly miss her presence

To all your many plans together, you’d have to wait

And play mercy at the hands of fate

Sonnet: An ode to my lady

She’s so pretty

And her face always is beaming

She’s a true beauty

One who’ll send all men dreaming

Her laugh is so sick

And one will want to giggle

As though tickled

At the sound of a voice so sweet, yet not thick

She’s really my angel

One sent directly from above

Her head she holds high like the tower of Babel

And in this battle of life she wants to survive

She’s an epitome of a perfect lady

And I am proud to call her my baby

(c) 2010 Owiredu Albert Kofi

Tribute to a dad

for my pal who lost his dad and anyone and everyone who’s known the loss of a father

It’s you

Who held me

 As I learned to walk

It’s your name

I mentioned next after ‘mama’

I learned to talk

It’s you

Had I looked up to

For approval and disapproval

Papa, In your arms

Had I found comfort

In your eyes

Had I seen love

In your words

Had I heard encouragement

In your anger

Had I learnt the right

In your scolding

Had I avoided evil

Even in your pain, papa

Had I felt real ache

Papa, with you

Had I felt loved

With you

Had I felt protected and secure

With you

Had I felt cared for

With you, papa

Had I felt real proud

Papa, my dear papa

Without you mow

I feel so empty

Without you now

I feel so odd and helpless

Without you now

I feel I can’t move on

Yet I feel this burning flame

One to strive

And make you real proud

But one thing I do know

And is so for sure

We’ll meet someday soon

On that day of calling

And I’d recount to you

In your absence all happenings

And we’ll be together

And inseparable

Farewell papa.

Shattered hopes

It feels like just the day before

When all witnessed his birth

Family and friends couldn’t help

But express their joy

From a beautiful baby

He grew into a wonderful boy

He began to crawl

And he hoped to walk

Just like everyone did

That was his first hope

It was achieved

He walked finally

Then he began making sounds

They were no known language

Yet they were heart-soothing

His second hope

To learn to speak

Was achieved too

Then he began sailing through life

His loved ones grew continuously proud of me

His hopes were all fulfilled

Except his ultimate one

To live to be great

It was to be achieved in a few years time

Then death embraces coldly this happy soul

And all fulfilled hopes made powerless

With all those yet to be achieved shattered

Of course many will cry

The many hearts will be broken

I do cry and

My heart is already broken

The loss of a beautiful soul

And the shattering of hopes

(c) 2010 Owiredu Albert Kofi

Loving you

Sometimes I only but wish

That I can tell you how I really feel

How much I really do care

Without ever having second thoughts

At times I want to look you

So directly in the eye

And read deep into your soul

To see how much you cherish me

Not that I ever doubt your love

Or ever your trust

But I get shaken at times

Losing you to another

Whenever we walk together

And make sweet conversations

I feel like I am alone with you

The rest of the world being practically dead

Each time I hold your hands

You don’t know how I feel

Otherwise you’d easily understand

Why I never want to let go

Always when I long to hold you tight

And smell your fragrance like for ever

I only ache so badly

I feel could die

At all times I feel so intoxicated

By your undying unfeigned love

The reason being so simple

That I really love you

(c)2010 Owiredu Albert Kofi