PLASTIC SMILE

Locked unconsciously deep down the heart

Is a smile unwary of the beauty of life

Hidden underneath the cloud

Concealed from the sight of the eye

A heart lost, deprived, forsaken and stolen

Stolen from the oppressed and poor

Unknown to the perception of mankind

Unveiled to an unkind and cruel world

Lies the tears of an unspoken voice

The silence and suffering of a neglected child

© Akan Udofia E.

COME AND SEE

Come and see for I have met someone so true

He took away my sins and pains

He made right all the wrongs in my past

And in my heart He wrote a new song

Come and see for I have met someone so true

He wiped away my tears and filled it with joy

He walks in front of me, in His presence my enemies can't stand

He made the cloud to rain and wet my dreams to bring forth fruits

Come and see for I have met someone so true

Night and day He keeps blessing me

I don't want to be selfish, so I asked him to bless you too

He fills the sky above me with unlimited favour

Come and see for I have met someone so true

It’s no miracle I find peace in the midst of war

I can never go hungry for he provide me everything I need in life

He holds my hands so I can never stumble or fall

Come and see for I have met someone so true

What is it you think you are going through that’s so difficult for a breakthrough

Come let us worship Him together in spirit

He has promised to plant a spring in our lives that will never run dry

Come and see for I have met someone so true

It’s a beautiful experience to be in the presence of God

There is no night where ever in His presence you stand

God love us that’s why He is saving the best for me and you

STEP BY STEP

Step by step, that’s the way life goes

Put your hand on my shoulder and I will follow

The future's bright when spent with someone to count on

There is the same cloud floating over our head

Day by day we've got to take a step closer to achieve our dreams

And pull away the differences and shortcomings

From a distance one can sense the warmth that comes with a smile

Hope, broken vision it amends over time

Let the spirit flow deep down the heart

Life forever goes on in the future even when it seems dark

We've got all it takes to hold strong through challenges

Step by step all the way through, will lead us home

If only one is patient and let the heart guide him home

© Akan Udofia E.

AFRICAN SKY

The African sky is filled with love and diverse culture

The prayers of our fathers protecting us from above

It is filled with the spirit of our ancestors watching over the sons

Her traditions are enormous as the color of the rainbow

The night is sacred; she covers the child with heart of gold

Evil can't touch an African child, for her children's are divine

The street is wrapped with pleasantries

United in the brotherhood yet of different tribes

Every birth is blessed with a kiss from the gods

The sky is pure and bath with tears of a mother's love

God and mankind living in harmony and dignity

An African land is covered with the water fetch from God's soul

The African sky is forever blue and beautiful

Underneath her you can find peace, for every heart is forever graceful

© Akan Udofia E.

PLEASE

Please, stop making me feel incomplete

Every night in my heart I can't sleep

Life is incomparable in a world without you

Can't have a world without the sun, stars, and moon

I have got a big heart, but it can't seem to contain you

I don't understand, don't you need me in your life?

All I seek is to be loved, so my feelings can survive

I don't want to imagine what life would be like without you

Or driving a car on the high way without a rare view

Can you shot a bullet straight into my heart?

And put off this eternal misery I am going through right

It’s odd when one keep falling in love with someone she can't have

Like trying to take a swing and hit the star above

I can't play a game I really don't understand

Why for you  my emotions keep getting out of hand

Please, you've got to stop hurting me

Lend me your heart and let your feelings run free

All I wish is you spend the rest of your life with me

© Akan Udofia E

RIGHT OR WRONG

How can we judge what is right on wrong

If we keep making decisions from our feelings

Some places are cold, while some can be extremely hot

We all living in a world we aren’t bothered after all

We all make mistakes, isn't that enough to tell a man he is not perfect

I might want to listen to the melody of a song playing

You on the field chasing all the things in heart you're dreaming

I could pray with you all through the summer

But it doesn't change the fact that I am different from you

Who wrote the laws we are following today

Can it reach out to someone out there on the street in need?

Can you be the moon and I the sun forever?

Together, we can impact the world from deep down where we stand

If one truly loves each other, there wouldn't be doubts in our feelings

Right or wrong, our choices made, affects the world we're living in

© Akan Udofia E

TABOO

Ever since the day I embraced my feelings for you

I listen to the stillness of my heart in the dark under the moon

Couldn't find a cure for a heart in dissolute

I couldn't stay away even if I had tried to

I waited in the rain for sunshine to lite up my fear

Of losing someone so precious and very rare

I will leave my emotions buried in a tombstone

In a world I can't find you, it’s no use wandering alone

I was told the worlds beautiful, but I wish it's not true

It's a taboo where I am from not to fall in love with someone special as you

The gods would be grieved, for they gave me their blessing

At birth and the moment I met you a fortnight

I wish I don't experience the feeling of losing you inside

Do you realize you mean more than the world and everything to me?

It's only you if someday I fall can catch me

Not the wish I asked for, but having you is so much more

A taboo will it be, if you are not part of my life 

© Akan Udofia E.

PICKING ROSES

I went out picking roses

I wanted to forever cherish you

The beauty of the morning

Is perfect with touch of the morning dew

The sun light reflecting from the east

Like a touch of gold it felt when I kissed your pretty lips

I wish the sun pauses each morning

And paint a portrait of you in my heart

The fragrance of your love is imaginable

It is spotless, can't be subdued if the world lapse

Can I plant a piece of you on the flower vase in my heart?

So you will always be there to make me smile

Wake up each morning filled with memories of you and me

For you are the reason why my life is so beautiful at sunrise

© Akan Udofia E.

A BLANK WORLD

No sky, no rain

No night, no day

No life or death

No rivers, no lands

No hills or mountains

No clouds floating

No air to breathe in

No moon and no sun

No trees and flowers

No farms to tile and no crops

No sand the feet to walk on

No forest and no animals to feed on

No birds flying on the sky

No rainbow and no dew

No past or present to follow

No east, south, north or west

No sons or daughters to hug

No hatred, fighting and killing

No graves and souls to grieve

No time, no today, no future

No sights for there's nothing to see

No heaven, but a world around

A blank world life would be

If there is no God who created thee

© Akan Udofia E.

JOY EVERLASTING

On the 8th day in September, the wind was friendly

It cuddled you into our arms in the morning

The hallway was silent with moments of excitement

When an angel came and welcomed you into our home

You're so pretty, the brightness of the sun couldn't match your smile

You brought us joy that echoes millions of mile

Our hearts leap with an eternal and everlasting joy

You reminded us of the feelings of life so beautiful

I saw an angel sat by the bed with gifts in her hands

Gift of life, love, inner strength, prosperity, hope and success

Many couldn't have the privilege we did today

We thank God for making you a member of our family this day

From the depth of our hearts, we will always love you

And to God we shall forever be grateful

© Akan Udofia E.

JESUS LOVES ME

Jesus loves me, this I know

For the bible tells me so

He gave me eyes, His glory I see

He gave me lips his praises to sing

He gave me a heart and feelings meek

I can hug a loved one

Welcome in a stranger

I can walk freely all around the world

He gave me his words

So I wouldn’t be worried about the future

Like trying to measure the length of the sky

He loves me so much

That the enemies wonder why

He walks with me where ever I thread

My sins on the cross, He sacrificed and shed

Life today is filled with questions

Like why we sometimes cry

Why wickedness enveloped the world

Why do loved ones get to die

Jesus loves you too, this I know

He gave us the wonderful things in life for free

So someday you and I would replicate

Plant a tree into the heart of another soul

I am so glad that he saves me

My spirit in the grave it will not lay

Through the difficulties of life 

He is abundantly able to see us through

© Akan Udofia E

IF FRIENDS ARE STARS

The cloud in my heart will be filled

With memories and thoughts of someone special as you

I will be the richest man in the universe

My heart will be filled with billions of smiles

For my entire desire and  wish will come true

There will be no more nights in my life

My world will completely be occupied

I will save a wish for someone in need everyday

Men will not starve of love living a life surrounded by hate

I will take my glory above the sun

Till the droughts in man's heart are all gone

I will never have a reason to say goodbye

The beauty of life will not be out of reach

The sea will not be able to cover my joy

For I will be so excited and my days will be forever

I will be living in a world purged with scents of your love

I will be happy the rest of my days wearing so much hugs

© Akan Udofia E.

WE COULD HAVE BEEN FRIENDS

We could have been friends all the way

But you let my feelings slipped away

Day and night I saved a prayer for you and me

I made wishes to the stars for our friendship to stay for eternity

I was willing to give to you all I've got

But my trust each day you made to rot

I have got joy in my heart to want to share my secrets with you

You seem to want to hurt me overtime, why, I don't have a clue

I notice the night is no longer smiling at me through the cloud

The trust I once had for you are now vogues and raucous

You made me doubt my own emotions

You let me fall when I needed a friend to hold my hands

I thought we were meant to forever be friends

I really hate the situation at hand, it’s so thin

For we could have been best of friends, you and me

 © Akan Udofia E.

TAKE ME ON A RIDE

Take me on a ride; please don’t live me by the side

I want to journey with you all the way through

Through thick and thin, I want to ride with you

It doesn't matter how long the journey takes

I want to tag along irrespective if the road is good and smooth

Or it’s going to be rough treading on a bumpy ride

Watching the suns set far up a mile

We are going to ride together through the desert and storm

The weather isn't going to slow us down

The bridges all through we are going to climb

On the road we journey, with the radio playing our favorite tune

You and I singing along and sipping of a joyful and exciting day

As God's grace leads ahead the way to victory night and day

© Akan Udofia E.