John Dadzie

i wear uniforms, you wear uniforms too
am in chains, you are not but you can't move all the same.
life is not a game you say, but who are you dying for? the government?
come on! there is no second chance, as you say.
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My life is now in shutters, my dream has been captured by the anonymous captain of my soul, who sails me straight to the north pole.my heart becomes cold, so i stand and shiver besides the river that carries my soul, with all these i tend to ask my self, why is this? where did i go wrong? Was it the devil in me? .but they tend to be rhetorical but i need answers, or are these the questions i should ask, is it the fault of my creator?
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Alone
in my mind i feel pain
a pain inflicted on me by the world, with all these thought am never on
time, i always sit and sob in the night train, i sometimes pass my stop
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You were my friend,
a pretty beautiful friend.
You were my mate,
a dependable supportive mate.
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Stud
Fearless
Different
All smiles insist on becoming the best, struggling to survive, tears in his eyes.can't see just instinct just…
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once upon a time
i was young and vibrant
i could sing but prefer to mime
at the dinner table were we dine.
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it is that time of the year
the time of the were jiggling bells are the sounds we hear,
the time of the year were there is no single tear,
the time of the year filled with merry making and raising of glasses filled with bear.
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I will look up to the sky,
in hopes that i could fly so
i may touch my star and ask him, why all these scars.
Is it not you who gave the fire fly its light?
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How is this possible?
That we live in a world,
a beautiful world made and i n it we are supposed to dwell.
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To her who bore the pain,
to her who changed her fate,
to her because of us lost her shape.
She gave us hope when all seemed lost,
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He danced to the beat
but its rythm he couldnt read,
it is a feast he said; why dont i dance
after all it could be the least.
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This place i never wish for,
but a place i would die for,
i hope i achieve before,
but all the same i would never rush in for.
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