MINGLING SHADES OF LOVE

Faster heartbeats

Presence so sweet

Eyes so bright

The head so light:

The young love

Do something better

Things getting bitter

Love that hurts

Love not met:

The fading love

Love waiting on fate

Waiting for a date

Love without hate

But love too late:

Timid love

Love too physical

Love so typical

Love without focus

Is much hocus-pocus:

Empty love

The love that rises

In the event of crises

The love that heals

This love so real:

The strong love

Love so natural

Love so actual

Love not a must

Love that trusts:

The mature love

Love that shares

Love that cares

Love so available

Love undeniable:

Lovely love

The love that we are

And the colour so far

The love that flies

Over shades of miles:

Beyond love

[As my contribution to the next edition of ALEWA : The Rebirth Of Spoken Word & Poetry in Ghana.

The next edition of ALEWA,which is the fifth, is themed on "LOVE," with the tag line: "Verbal Intercourse."

It comes with a formula for the show: Verbal Intercourse + x = LOVE; Find x.] 

A PIECE OF ALEWA

These are sweet words
No bitter thoughts;
A duo...meant to move us
To positive attitude.

Just take a bite
Enough.
Lick these emotions,
Wrapped up in words
That will digest into your bloodstream.
Let it seduce your heart
As it's pumped in and out of it.
A seduction that reduces
Your intolerance
And induces the opposite

Just take a bite
Enough
Of this piece of alewa
That I share with you.
Take not an excess that will
Infect you with diabetes of inaction.
But action is the best insulin.

I speak of peace
Which is condiment
Of this candy.
Taste it
And let it be known
That you did.
Let the colour of you tongue
Be evidence of the peace you'll speak
And do.

Here
Take this piece of alewa
And let's colour this country
With the words we speak.
Hold up your piece of alewa
Hold it up for peace.
Speak of peace
And let's do peace.


[Written 03/05/2012 circa 1429hrs-1451hrs. Inspired by the flier for "ALEWA," a poetry event in Ghana.]