KINGSLEY KOJO ANTWI ~ I Am

I AM

I am
a lost tributary flowing into the marrow of life
Meandering my pride in a lost voyage
Daunted by the frown of a passing wind
Rolled and tossed into the dying dreams of a pauper
Sailing through my adversary liquor
One shot to heaven
Whispering a prayer for his gin
to wash me ashore beyond hades
A land where the shackles on tomorrow’s feet
Outweighs the fairy tales of hamlet

I am
a hunchback of truth in a lie
Carried on the lips of a widow
Who curses the sundown that birthed me
Still I will rise like the eleventh hour of Judas’ conscious
Tell the gatekeeper at Eden
The snail fear not the feet of the cheetah
For in his wisdom
he traded his beautiful hope for an ugly faith
Papa’s drums are singing;
Sabali! Sabali!
The roasted corn will take you home

Kingsley Kojo Antwi is an award winning poet, screenwriter and an entrepreneur. He is a graduate from the University of Education – Kumasi Campus, where he studied Information Technology Education.
Kojo is also the vice president of Ghana Writers Awards and the C.E.O. of 41 Dreams Films Production, an interviewer at The Poets and friend show. Below is what he has to contribute.

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