by Benard Makaa | Jan 3, 2022 | Poems
A day is a day, A week is a week, A year is a year, A just measure of time. A happy day, a sad day? A happy week, a sad week? A happy year, a sad year? Just a matter of...
by Benard Makaa | Aug 15, 2021 | Poems
I have had choices since the day I was weaned, There were voices that told me right from wrong, If I had listened, I wouldn’t be here tonight, Writhing and dying with the choices I’ve made. At an early age, I was tempted, I loved drinking, couldn’t leave the bottle,...
by Benard Makaa | Jun 14, 2021 | Poems
There is a story in our school, Of the prettiest girl around, 100 % cool, Ebony face and brown eyes, How those eyes could flash at you! Boys swooned over her in droves, Boys hung around her by the hour, But she loved none of these, She loved the quietest boy next...
by Benard Makaa | Apr 2, 2021 | Poems
Defeat by Kahlil Gibran Defeat, my Defeat, my solitude and my aloofness; You are dearer to me than a thousand triumphs, And sweeter to my heart than all world-glory. Defeat, my Defeat, my self-knowledge and my defiance, Through you I know that I am yet young and swift...
by Benard Makaa | Feb 8, 2021 | Poems
Sometimes I get to thinking of the future, You swore to me that your grace would last, You have kept right on loving without demur, Now I am puffed up, and your grace is too vast. Sometimes I get to thinking of the past, How have waited and suffered through...
by Benard Makaa | Aug 21, 2020 | Poems
A mother’s love’s a blessing No matter who you’ve become No matter where you roam Care for her while she’s living A mother’s love’s a blessing Love her as you did in childhood Care for as her as she did in motherhood You will miss her when she is gone A mother’s...
