~AS I FELL ONCE~

As I fell once from the presence of Father

So also I made man fall in His sight

So we could all be on the same

Pedestal of misery

As I fell from His presence once,

So man,

Will I keep make falling;

In the sight of Father.

---Fampah Coyish---

© By Fampah Coyish-Awoken By Poems 2016

THIS LIFE AND DEATH

Life is the place

Where we wait to die.

Death is the machine;

That teleports us to

The realm that waiting,

Is sure for resurrection.

I have never tasted death,

So I cannot describe,

How fun that ride is.

But for life,

I can say even though it sucks-

It is worth trying living it.

---Fampah Coyish---

© By Fampah Coyish-Awoken By Poems 2016

ANOTHER GHANAIAN

You vowed-

You vowed not to meet another Ghanaian,

Not to your heart,
 Him you give away.

I vowed never in my life;

I be with another cheater, liar.

Never to give myself away-
To such a woman.

But our vows grew void,

When I met you and you me.

I was another Ghanaian,

And you were just another liar.

---Fampah Coyish---

© By Fampah Coyish-Awoken By Poems 2016

THOSE I MISS

~THOSE I MISS~

If I could tell them in the face

Tears will rain and there can be nowhere to

To find consolation

But I shall still tell them in the face

So I write;

Tell them I miss them

Both my mama and papa

Brother and sister

Oh tell them that I miss them

​With my half full heart of nostalgia

​Make them feel and just not believing

The little goat; that chases after its mother

Oh, I miss them all

Being it the bad or good

Tell them that I truly miss them.

--Fampah Coyish--

© By Fampah Coyish-Awoken By Poems 2016

...AND ADAM FELL

Adam and eve

On a Friday afternoon

Sought to play hide and seek.

Adam where are you?

Where are you?

Adam, Adam!-

Here I am! She heard

From the tree of knowledge

Of good and evil.

She sought to find out

Just to find out it was not Adam

You are not Adam, said she

Yes I am not said the serpent.

You look tired from hiding and seeking

Have you considered these fruits edible yet?

Yes she replied,

But Father has asked not to touch it

And I do not know why here

I stand talking to you.

Neither eat we of it

But of the other fruits we shall

Freely eat thereof.

For the day we shall taste of it, 

We shall surely die!

Adam on the other hand,

Calling for Eve…

Eve! Eve!

Bone of my bones-

Where are you?

Here, here; she responded.

What are you doing there?

Conversation… she retorted.

What! With who?

He asked as he ran

Discerning the location of 

The forbidden tree.

So as I was saying

The day you shall eat of it,

You shall not surely die.

The serpent lured her.

Try it, just a bite of it.

Pluck it, it wouldn’t bite you

But Father said… came in Eve

-No, No, No!

Do not! Do not! - yelled Adam.

But it was too late

Eve reached unto one

Adam running faster fell,

He tripped and fell

Adam fell

He fell, a great fall

And Eve bit,

She bit a great bite.

And Adam cried!

And Eve hailed-it tastes good!

You need to taste to know

If it is true Adam.

Now I know, you need to know too-

See I am still alive!!

It is true-we shall not surely die

From tasting of this fruit.

But Father said…

Yes, but here I am right beside you,

Adam’s face on the ground

Cried more with pain

I fell, I fell, I fell!

Oh, I have fallen!

But Adam fell that man may live,

 And men may live

To know good and evil

That from their good,

They may have joy.

---Fampah Coyish---

© By Fampah Coyish-Awoken By Poems 2016

O LOVE!

O LOVE!

I will not bargain for love again

For there is nothing I will gain

But an undying pain

I will not follow again 

This train of fame

To tame my shame

Of the sorrows retained

And the ones yet to be obtained

Never worry

Do not be sorry;

For this story.

For in the sight of men you 

Have attained your glory

But never worry

For a thousand year

Myself I shall avail

To be blamed

Holding on tight the regrets 

Of lost aimed love

O, love!

I laugh on the heard of the name, 
Love.

---Fampah Coyish---

© By Fampah Coyish-Awoken By Poems 2015

NOT BY THE LAW

I curse my heart

For the cause of your departure

I frown on myself

And say;

You little piece of crap

Why let her-let her go?

But you wish her back

Are you serious?

But if the story could be

All told in full

Leaving not a dot

My soul could be guilty

By emotions

And not by the law

For I tried in my soul-to keep you,

And I have him as a witness

To testify.

---Fampah Coyish---

© By Fampah Coyish-Awoken By Poems 2015

WOULD YOU LET ME?

If I ever come back

And recite to you

My listed regrets

With tears clattering down

The walls of my cheeks

Begging of you to give me

A second chance

Something I really never believed in,

Would you let me?

                                                                      

Would you let me be,

That somebody?

That person, that one person?

Even though I have once failed.

I have no intentions of failing you

Once more.

For I am tired of being that asshole.

So I am asking, 
Would you let me?

Would you let me be the one,

To fix back that broken smiles on your face?

Would you let me,
 If I kneel to the floor?

Would you let me be the one to straighten 
The crooked laughter on your face?

Would you let me?

---Fampah Coyish---

© By Fampah Coyish-Awoken By Poems 2015