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If I Didn't Have Her

Jika saya tidak mempunya dia, 
Hidup saya akan berakhir. 
If I didn’t have her, 
My life would be over.
Tidak akan ada warna.
Tidak akan ada yang menarik
There would be no color.
There would be nothing interesting.
Hidup tidak akan berbaloi untuk dijalani.
Hidup saya akan berakhir. 
Life would not be worth living.
My life would be over.

Sweet Mother

SWEET MOTHER

I stood by the window
As I watched the sunrise 
Waiting for you to come home
For we all miss you

I find it difficult in my heart
To holdback, the tears shed a fortnight
I still feel your love afresh in my heart
It conserves me when the night is dark

I long to behold you, to clasp your hand
Walk with you every Sunday to church
Also the times we both went to the market
Oh, how I miss the sweet savor of your smile

I can not measure sacrificed made for the family
You always have the best intentions for me
I am sorry for my selfish attitude
Not getting used to a world without you 

The significance of a loving mother
Is priceless, invariably at its face value 
Wish I can turn back the hands of time
Show you how much you have impacted 

My whole life wetin a short while 
I have grown to be an upright man
Kept your words close to my heart
To live the right life

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I Believe

I BELIEVE

We are all aware the world is changing
Life will never be the same again
The world is contagious
Humankind is futile

Everywhere I walk, hope is deserted
Like falling stars, dreams are dying
The virus is threatening human existence
Insecurity embraced into our homes

It is a huge difference between life and death
Wish I could press play for the world to reset
Diseases would not steal our hope away
Tears will not reside in our land

You may not notice it yet
However, God designed the world to be distinct
If but man is remorseful and repent his ways
The plague will be purged

All Rights Reserved © Akan Udofia 2020
https://akanudofia.blogspot.com/2020/08/i-believe.html

Love You Mom

I can not keep records
Off all the sacrifices you have made
You never broke your promises
You never let go my hand

All the love I need
You have more than enough to give
I could never figure out how you did it
Not tired or weary of loving me

Sometimes when I am hurt, sad or crying
You had a way of taking away my pain
Through you, I knew there is heaven
No matter how bad a situation, you never complain

You keep giving away your heart
To people who keep tearing it apart
But I still do not understand
How it is easy for you to be happy despite all that

I brag too often about you mom
Like the stars, you beauty is divine
It is easy to love you back since I was born
You are a role model, I am proud to call you mom.

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It Is All Wrong

It is all wrong
I could not spend time with you
It would have been easy
If you had told me goodbye

I sit and watch the sunrise
Maybe it would ease my mind
Instead I watch my dreams gone
As an awful day walk bye

I thought in life everyone is a winner
Except the woman who gives up
I know I do not have much to hold
Life is difficult watching you go

I cannot believe your love
Is too good enough for me
You have got to search the clouds in your heart
If there are no more stars

Without you my dream is not real
Where you are is where I want to be
If it is out on the street
It is alright, I can take the heat

All Rights Reserved © Akan Udofia 2018
https://akanudofia.blogspot.com.ng/2018/05/it-is-all-wrong.html
Sunday, May 13, 2018

I Found a Girl

I found a girl
She is good enough for me
Makes the sun smile at me
She is everything in my dream

She drives the loneliness in my heart
She got everything I could ever asked
And we both love the same song
Someday I am going to take her home

Have you ever had that strange feeling?
Overwhelming that you can not explain it
Everyday she makes my heart blossom
My world will never remain the same

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I Am Yours and You Are Mine

I AM YOURS AND YOU ARE MINE

On the journey of a thousand miles
What keeps me going are your thoughts
My heart is very fond of you
Told me its difficult to live without you

Together we built blocks of compassion above the sky
Painted the world with the colour of your smile
The night became homely and bright
My dreams came to stay hence forth that night

Love, they say its dispensable
But love is the reason the world is beautiful
Why the sun and moon is alive, and the stars
For I could see them through your eyes

If the frame in my heart get broken into a million pieces
Each will carry but treasurable memories 
Of all the moment's spent with you
For life would be meaningless without you

© Akan Udofia 2016
https://akanudofia.blogspot.com.ng/2018/01/i-am-yours-and-you-are-mine.html
Saturday, January 27, 2018

Who Am I

I am the sun that gave life to the world
The lamp hanging up on the wall
I am the conscience that speaks to your heart
The voice that whispers to your ears

I am the ink that expresses your mind
The blueprint that makes up your dreams
I am the dew that rest upon your morning
The strength you need when in pain

I am the star that makes up your night
The words that project your thoughts
I am the music that calms your nerves
The shadow that walks with you day and night

I am the memories you keep in your head
The time you have in your hands
I am your pride and dignity
The light that shows you a path in the dark

I am your companion when you are down
The love and affection you seek
For you will find me in your smile
I am forever present, I am the Lord

All Rights Reserved © Akan Udofia 2017
http://akanudofia.blogspot.com/2017/10/who-am-i_21.html

A Perfect Song

I know why it stopped to rain
I understand every bit of your pain
How an emotion twisted
Can leads to an ill-fated end

All I need is one chance
To take away the hates
The tears suppressing you
Making the sky turn away from blue

It is not easy harboring a negative past
It's like the clock ticking anti clockwise
Nothing is going to work outright
Don't need a soothsayer to tell you that 

Can you let me pull my world close to you?
So you can see the picture in full
Take you back to your best memory
When you used to be happy

All my life, I tried to write a perfect song
But the keys to the note are misconstrued
The moment, I set my eyes on you
I found the inspiration needed, I found love in you

It is all I needed to compose a perfect love song
I cannot wait to play it to you all day long
I hope this brings your smile back
As you listen to the lyrics in the track

All Rights Reserved © Akan Udofia 2017
https://akanudofia.blogspot.com.ng/2017/10/a-perfect-song.html

Is It Worth It

Is the life you are living
Really worth remembering?
Day after day, same old dream
Playing lottery with hope to win

The size of the shoes you wear
Does not determine how life will fare
You have got to wear an attitude
Of a man desperately in need of water and food

Life does not count on what you have
She smacks you pretty hard
The moment you are reckless
Steals away your happiness

I never stopped believing in miracles
But in reality, a man is boss
When he takes bold decision collectively
To impact people positively

To determine life, if it is worth living
Depends on what you bring in
At the break of each precedent day
I have made it, can you boldly say

All Rights Reserved© Akan Udofia 2017 
https://akanudofia.blogspot.com.ng/2017/10/is-it-worth-it.html
Monday, October 16, 2017

Goodbye

Every night I kiss you goodbye
You are always in my heart 
I feel safe knowing you have my back 
The feeling is so close 

I only let my guard down 
When you are by my side 
Precious is the love I found in you 
It is only made for two 

I have never felt intimidated 
If I would be good enough for you
Every moment that you smile 
Chase my pains away 

The stars intertwine with the cloud 
The night sparks with tiny beams 
And fell upon my dream 
Overwhelmed my feelings ever since 

All Rights Reserved ©Akan Udofia 2017
https://akanudofia.blogspot.com.ng/2017/10/goodbye.html
Monday, October 16, 2017

Dear Mr Moon

Dear Mr. moon up the sky
How I wonder how you are
Around the stars you always smile
And gave hope to the night

How do you do Mr. moon
Can we be best of friends, me and you?
I am so eager someday to meet you
To have little stars of my own too

Before I go to bed Mr. moon
I have sent a post card of my wishes to you
A hug for my parents, friends at home and school
For all their dreams to come true

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Not What I Had In Mind

Staring at the picture I saw of you at first
Reminds me of the moment we crossed path
I knew you were completely out of my league
But my heart thinks otherwise

Told me he wants to be with you
For you're amazingly beautiful
It was a sigh of relief when you smile
And told me your name

That night I wrote your name on all the pages in my heart
Somehow it lites my whole world inside out
That's when I knew you were the stars in my sky
I was willing to spend all my night with you

I love you in a special way
My day's perfect when ever I spend it with you
I wish sometimes we don't have to say goodbye
This makes me sad and want to cry

You mean more than the world to me
Someday I will open my heart for you to see
How deep is the feeling I have for you
How you made my world beautiful

All Right Reserved © Akan E. Udofia 2016

Mind Meld

We humans have a saying,
mind what your elders say
Vulcans have a saying as well,
expressed in a somewhat similar way
Permit me 
to do a loose translation
Please allow me
to speak from an alien perspective
As taken from the Hymn of the First Akan-aroula'id:
Pay homage to the ancients,
meld all that the ancients did
We say, mind all that the elders say,
They say, meld all that the ancients did
Translation: learn wisdom from the old ones
Gain experience from another's traveled path
Obtain knowledge from past generations
Let your future be guided
by ancients words that will always last

Tak Lekang Oleh Waktu

Perihal kebaikan yang datang
Kebaikan itu pantas menyentuh aku
Sentuhan yang membuat aku terhutang
Sentuhan itu juga mengusik kalbu

Barangkali ia kebaikan yang sedikit
Namun besar nilainya di sisi aku
Resah, gusar, pedih dan sakit
Lantas aku tenang, hanya kerna kebaikan yang sedikit itu

Maka masakan mampu aku lupa
Pada kebaikan yang sifatnya sebegitu
Tak terbeli walau digadai dunia seisinya
Tak tertebus meski sampai hujung waktu

Kerana itu aku menjual janji
Selalu aku berdoa semoga sentiasa dipelihara Ilahi
Juga segala kudrat yang ada bila dipinta akan aku beri
Moga dengannya terbayar kebaikan yang pernah aku rasai

Masih panas rasanya di dalam dada
Walau hari-hari itu sudah lama berlalu
Kesan tangan peribadi yang baik dan mulia
Kekal ia dalam ingatan tak lekang oleh waktu.

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