Water and Sun, Prayer or Something Towards It.

A Plant

I only noticed, after

the flowerless, the fruitless meeting:
beside the office door sat a pot
in which lived a plant that has
contorted itself long and odd,

On the Smooth and Silk of White Sand – Earth.
– somewhere beyond the Achimota of Ga, Accra – Monday, June 16, 2022

so to
eke a speck,
catch a scratch,
of sun and shine –

of life or something like it.

Thursday, May 5, 2022: IAS Library, University of Ghana, Legon.

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A(nother) Prayer for Water

– with *Adane Best

I
Bo Tsɛ Ofe Lɛ,
Bo Ataa Kpakpa…

II
before You shine strong
and mighty for me,
before You blaze bright
and fierce for my life-path,

On the Grit and Ground of Granite – and Black Tar.
– somewhere within the Legon of Ga, Accra – Friday, July 29, 2022.

Water, first, Ataa:
to heal the parch and tear
in my throat,
to help the many pits and fears
in my soul.

Water, I plead, Ataa:
to salve and save,
to fill and firm.

III
Eba mli
aha mi.

Thursday, August 11, 2022: University of Ghana, Legon.

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Love,
AishaWrites.

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*Also known as Joseph Amoah, Adane Best is a Ga highlife musician with several hit albums since the 1990s. The first verse of the second section of this poem references Rabbi, one of his titles. Adesa (Human Being) and Ayitey are some of his popular titles.