COLOURFUL POETRY
By Wilson Ayinbangya Amooro
&
Stella Allou
Copyright 2014 Wilson Ayinbangya Amooro
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Copyright © 2014 Wilson Ayinbangya Amooro
Dedication:
To you!
Aknowledgment:
Thanks to you!
PREFACE:
It may be expected that this book is unified on a single theme like the rainbow, a symbol of freedom and unity. Instead, this book divides each poem and they all stand individually representing lots of ideas, a ridicule to the rainbow, thereby separating the colours and making them stand out in brightness with their own cheerful warmth. Every poem has a story to tell just like every colour has a mood to drive.
~ Wilson the Poet ‘Mandela’
Table of Contents:
Preface
POEM OF COLOURS
TO BELIEVE
LOVE WITHOUT CLUE
I BELIEVE
LIFE IS DEEP
LIFE
WHEN I CLOSE MY EYES
INNER BEING
ROMANCE WITH THE FUTURE
ENDLESS LOVE
THE MOMENT I SAW YOUR FACE
HAPPY FEELINGS
WHEN HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF
STRANGELY NORMAL
ONE OF A KIND
BEFORE NOW AND THEN
DON’T JUDGE ME
I CHOOSE
A WOMAN’S HEART
REFLECTIONS
MORE OF US
PUZZLE OF MYSTERY
IT’S DAY BREAK
HOLD ME
ILLUSIONS
LIFE GOES ON
DECEPTION
WANTS
THE REASON
I AM A STORY
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POEM OF COLOURS
I love purple
It makes me look supple
Just like a fresh apple
I’d choose violet
Instead of scarlet
To match my bracelet
I’d go for red
That’s what a friend said
So I’ll be called, ’lady in red’
I look good in pink
I always end up with a wink
And always go out in a blink
I prefer yellow
To make me glow
And the brightness will never go
Did you just offer me white?
Thanks please come home
For a bite of pizza
Because you make me feel like a heaven’s kite
I’m in love with blue
And I’m stuck to it like glue
Ha-ha, guess you’re looking for a clue
TO BELIEVE
To believe
is to conceive, what gently comes around
To own it
is to receive what belongs to believe
To inherit it
is to discover what owns us
To feel beautiful
is to be grateful
You own a beautiful melody inside you;
a charm, slowly unleashed.
Don’t forget you are a miracle!
LOVE WITHOUT CLUE
I felt I had found my knight in shining armour
but my whole ended up taking everything as a humour.
Please don’t get it twisted; I know Oliver Twist asked for more
but in my case, I had no choice but to love you the more
Sometimes I thought I was flying without wings;
you and I would testify that my dreams ended us up in swings.
Remembering your face was a hobby anytime a love song was sung.
I woke up from my slumber and realized it was all a dream
‘When the wrong one loves you right’:
Celine Dion couldn’t have put it any better
but who is the wrong one in this love letter?
I heard love goes where love is,
so can love lose its way through the mist?
I hope and pray fate brings us together
even though I see you’re happy with another
Remember I still love and cherish you
and when it comes to loving you
I can’t stop looking for a clue
I BELIEVE
Have you loved someone that much
Every day you send them several calls
Not even a returned flash or a text
To console your heart with a touch
So scarred and scared
To carry your feet along
Which route next?
Say to your beautiful self,
‘I believe
someday, my true love
will come chasing for me among the millions!’
Are you surrounded by people
but loneliness becomes the alarm
That wakes you up first in the morning?
When you grabbed the radio
to cool off in the evening
by accident the songs
Stirred your deep feelings
from the privy rooms where they belonged?
Don’t mind
Wave your hands in the air
And hum to yourself,
‘I believe
the moments are confiding in me’
Have you searched for a broken piece
[like a tiny grain on the beach-side’s sand…]
to restore that inner peace
like free mansions begging for occupants?
Let go…
Wave your hands in the air
Say to yourself one more time,
‘I believe
I am meant to be me
even if flawless mirrors don’t lie’
Have you received several NOs
In your try
That made you cry?
When you were young
the lullaby mom and dad sung
into your head said, ”you were the best.”
Now your world seems crushing
with life's wild pace
but remember a fulfilled life
is like the toddler’s graceful steps;
so refreshing
no rushing-
Your endurance is writing a test
Wave your hands in the air
Say to yourself for the last time,
‘I believe
one YES is enough for me.’
LIFE IS DEEP
Sadness sets life travelling deep
Happiness we long to keep
Pills unable to console sleep
Bills trading place
for a race
so cheap
The more I know
the more I don't know
How do I explain how
that's the real feel’ right now
Slow it may flow
The low
will glow
as the young shall grow
Reassuring is thinking
Resigning is sinking
Respect for humanity
makes us queens and kings
No man owns spe
cial genes for identity
Humans have only one true race
A unique class respect for human dignity
Moment to movement
Comment to commitment
Black and white piano buttons blend for my favourite song
Together we are strong
May our lives prolong
where others will be glad to belong
Amen!
LIFE
Life is indeed how you make it
not how you feel or see it to be
William Shakespeare once said,
“Life is a stage” and humans are the characters
My verse betrays this sage:
If life is a stage
Then who are the audience?
We’re our own audience
We were all born with a purpose and a vision
Whilst some choose to watch the characters on stage
others walk onto the stage to display what they know best
It’s about time we took our destiny into our own hands
Take up the fight and walk onto the stage
Let’s give back to society what God has given us for free
Wait a minute Mr. Camera-man says, “stand by and action”
But where are the audience?
The audience left will be God and the heavenly angels
Watching and judging us according to our deeds
So let’s all try to make the planet earth a desirable place to live in
Well then, we will give a nice tune and dance to it
He who pays the piper callsfor the tune
WHEN I CLOSE MY EYES
Something in me died
Like a bullet poisoning my every fibre
I remember when you recited the creed,
‘I will cross the world for another like you’
[my senses started banking in six-figures.]
I never imagined
someday I will walk these lonely alleys alone
without your pampered shoulders
to lean on as that special one
Whenever I close my eyes
And my hands merge a bond
I won’t rain a curse on anyone
A billowing surge of blessings
Overriding the lessons
Invited in by my new strength
When the season
comes home with sufferings
the beautiful sky
reminds me I am mighty
to overcome any calamity
instead of looking down on myself
With a plain heart as an offering
saving my tears, to shaming my fears
When I pray
I pause a little moment
This time not to request
Simply to be happy I passed life’s test
When the genie grants me a wish
I won’t ask for the right person to carry me on
I was too blind to know
It’s me, not anyone
When I see good people suffer
I console myself
If all their problems pass away
where will be the feat to celebrate?
This miracle reminds me that
we are stronger than our obstacles
INNER BEING
I don’t even know whether to call it a monologue
It has left me with a bunch of thoughts I call a catalogue
A pal suggested I refer to it as a dialogue
but I sat down and my mind’s eye showed me the synagogue
I believe I had the ability
Folks said, “Ha-ha you’re a liability”
It really affected my sensitivity
Now I feel no genuine connectivity
It wasn’t easy having the tendency
All what people said was a fallacy
but I never compared it to literacy
Just built my own world of fantasy
After sometime, thinking I was secured,
I went ahead and successfully acquired
I didn’t know I would be totally required
To bring up events that had occurred
I hope that is all it inquired
I’m listening to my inner being
Of course you aren’t hearing neither are you seeing
You there, don’t even try peeping
After all what are you seeking?
Nothing but a mere leaning…
ROMANCE WITH THE FUTURE
When the alluring thought of failure
first fore played with my mind,
mental pre-mature ejaculation
caused me to die inside deep
No warning for the circulation
Even in my sleep
my excited nerves lost it
Rainbows starving as gloomy shadows
No climbing to the plain heights
When the thoughts of happiness
first dated with my inner being
I discovered inside me wings
Even in my imperfect curves and lines
ideas became invention
A moment beyond eureka’s shine
I am royally owned by my beautiful intentions
I am ready for the storms
to rock my boat
on the way to climax
Failure is fulfilment
without happiness;
Happiness is fulfilment
overcoming failure!
ENDLESS LOVE
Behind closed doors and windows,
two soul mates that in the lighter sense are shadows
meet in the dark and converge like water meadows
They have sorrows to share but no one knows tomorrow
They’re head over heels in love; yeah they call it true love
but I call it addicted love
I don’t need you to second theirs’ instead
but they feel protected
Unfaithfulness is not in their vocabulary
even if it’s in the full glare of everybody
“I can’t live without you” one says to the other
I look at them in disbelief, but it’s not a bother
I hope it goes on this way
because I see them make promises each day
There could be barriers yes, you heard me barriers
I wish they don’t pollute their manners
Lest I forget, I’ve a broken heart to fix
so I don’t want to spoil their album with my pics
I better do something about my mood
because I’m sure I’ll end up with something good
They’ll forever be in love, I suppose
Who am I to oppose?
THE MOMENT I SAW YOUR FACE
My heart stopped beating for sometime
and my body stopped moving to analyse
I heard strange whispers in my ears
that I had never heard for all these years
That was the moment I saw your face
My legs refused to move
Suddenly, I heard a snooze
and I didn’t need to prove
that I was already in love
the moment I saw your face
This moment of ecstasy sent shivers through my spine
“I can’t wait till the day you become mine”
My hopes sparked up to cloud nine
and I wish this would never pass by
The moment I saw your face
Almost felt like heaven
because I gazed into your eyes in my haven
Hoped this couldn’t land me in an oven
but rather my heart I’ governed
The moment I saw your face
HAPPY FEELINGS
When troubles draw near
I want you my feelings to take charge
and be the happiest
The peace inside you dear
is bigger than any wasted tear
I want you to smile all day long
although everything we own won’t b
e perfect
Daily plans may be correct
but things can still go wrong
When you are weak
I want you to breathe life into yourself this week;
I am strong
My joy is coming
to fill my cup
to lift me up
I don’t want you to hide your tears
when you are in pain
Let them show
They will glow
through your windows as they flow
You will no more feel low
Healing is coming home
to cure every ill syndrome
You may not own a pair of wings
to rule the sky
like the mighty birds
but don’t forget you own a heart
that has a beautiful song to sing
to excite the beautiful birds
for inspiration that never departs
WHEN HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF
Oh no … not again
I can’t bear this pain
Why should this leave me in disdain?
What did I gain?
It is true of the saying,
’Once bitten, twice shy’
but I dared to try this once more
By and by, I’ve been left with another heartbreak
I thought I was ready this time
After going through this torture
and left without a dime
when will I find someone I can call mine
They say, “Patience moves mountains”
so I am counting on the day
I will meet the one who will erase the phrase
‘History has repeated itself’
STRANGELY NORMAL
Hello my Doctor,
Don’t offer me pills to digest my sleep
I deserve a special dream cream
that won’t wake me up
to hug this pain
all over again
Hello my Momma,
Don’t give me a wife
I need a best friend
in life
that I can keep
all to myself
day and night
till our love sneaks to sleep
waking up to a blissful keep
Dear friends,
Don’t buy me compliments
from your lips
I need encouragement
which comes straight from your hearts;
pure to cure