Nana Jabuu Agyemang

She loved me when everything I had was for taking
Coming she winked when I knew not her sort
My coast blooming her eyes run wide
I was blind and her treachery eluded me
And I ran into her clasp and there
I felt warmth never before experienced
The beginning of my misery
And history in the making I gave my all
Days passed and gradually I got to know
I had loved wrong
Divorce I sought but had to be bought
With flesh and blood
The many that fell in the chase of the spouse
An honour due them in my house
Sons and daughters of the home torn apart
Sins of the fathers, the agonies of the now
The reason why we bow
But here we stand is fresh as the milk of a cow
Fed on dark rooted beets
Untapped, the bursting of the teats
Passers-by’s interest, the duping of the native
But to save him is our prerogative.

Nana Jabuu Agyemang