SHEPHERD WITHOUT A FLOCK

A shepherd without a flock

Left on the hill sitting on the rock

Folks depending on me to feed

But I have got no sheep and got no meat

Like an outcast I wander into the desert

Thirsty to drink from the fullness of life and death

My eyes deemed of worries and starvation

With every breath in me I staggered under the sun

Troubled with thoughts of how to feed a nation?

When I can't turn a stone into bread

Shame, failure and disappointments

Bared as I journey on ahead

My visions are faint but something kept my heartbeat

It stroked me to look further down east

There I saw salvation, for it was blur at first as the weather

I pick my strength and pull them all together

For I found a lamb from heaven my needs He fed

I went back home wealthier, healthier and better

And bear with me the Lamb of God, the world to feed

© Akan Udofia E. 2014

IF I GIVE YOU MY HEART?

If I give you my heart what will you do with it?

Will you treasure it or let her wither and die?

Will you keep it to yourself or let her freely fly?

Will you keep her close but dearly to your heart?

Will you love her back with everything you've got?

Or let her be lonely for the rest of her life?

Will you take her with you wherever you go?

Or abandon her in a room without a window?

Will you allow her feelings to be broken?

Will you over the years her beauty forgotten?

Will you cuddle and keep her warm all through the night?

Or leave her in the cold without a shelter in the dark?

Will you share with her the things you treasure?

Will you treat her with kindness, care and affection?

Will you care for her like I have always appreciated you?

For I have got but one heart craved only for you

© Akan Udofia E. 2014

GOODBYE TOMORROW

The pains I can no longer bear

Loneliness embraced each year

The cloud above me every day is gray

Couldn't share the burden with you yesterday

The sky is out of reach, every effort void

You were never here when searching for a friend

I called out your name but a stranger you were to me

Now I leave the world to be cleansed of me

All my life, thought I could find love to stay

But hatred and strife increasing everyday

Yesterday I fought for, but everything is gone

I waited for a blue sky but never found the sun

Wished someone solves what misery my heart goes through

Wished the rain drown the worries, failures and woe

I couldn't see October, for she was further away from you

Life has been slow from birth, trees planted yet no dew

I am sorry; I never meant to go away at all

Just can't live in an obsolete world anymore

The world will not miss me; she made me wear a fragile smile

All the life I thought I had was all a lie

© Akan Udofia E. 2014