~WISHES TO MY SAIL WHEN AT SEA~

I sit to watch his demeanor

One that resembles that of a minor

Even though so much waxed in age

You could hardly tell from his playful nature

When amidst children.

He is slow to anger

Quiet when at hunger

His laughter beams brighter

Always on point even when on humour

He is a writer

An inspirer

A good singer

My very first piano teacher

My adviser

He will direct you like a compass

And often trap you in his vocabs

Like a hunter.

His smiles are so infectious and contagious

So hard to be cured like Ebola,

Never willing to miss a thing

So his lips he never rests

Till his doubts are settled

And questions digested.

He is my sail when at sea

My dreams he helps me see

So his advises in troubled times I seek

He is a brother, and a friend

He is Joseph T. Elisha

And as I say happy birthday

And all I meant to say is

May God bless you now and always.

---Fampah Coyish---

WHERE YOU STAND

The weight is too much

I cannot lift it all alone

But it seems I am the only one

Lifting at my end,

And your end.

I cannot do this alone

I cannot love you alone

Without you loving me back.

This weight of love is heavy

And I cannot lift it all alone.

So do not just stand in it looking-

Get involved!

Do not sit in it

For it will work together well-

I know!

If you lift where you stand.

---Fampah Coyish---

© By Fampah Coyish-Awoken By Poems 2016

~'TWAS LIFE~

I have come,

I have seen.

I have lived,

It was fun.

It was sad,

It was life.

---Fampah Coyish---

© By Fampah Coyish-Awoken By Poems 2016

~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