True Color
I painted the grassa brighter shade of greenAnd showed it offfor all to see Only for the rainto wash it…
Material Girl
Chasing after glamor isto stand in frontof a moving truckattracted to oncoming light © Bonyo Buogha 2011
Loss of Self
To let the black jackCling onto your skinTo live another’s lifeis living in sin © Bonyo Buogha 2011
Grounded
All the money in the worldor carsor housesor clothes or shoesAll the high table dinnersall people I knowall “important” hands…
Empty Shells
A good body doesn’t mean a healthy bodynor a beautiful smile a beautiful heartA lot of riches doesn’t mean a…
My Humble Apology
For the words saidAnd those left unsaidFor the loss of a friendO how I wish I could mend For the…
Gratitude 101
The birds and the beesThe pollen and the treesThe rainbow in the skyThe earth on which I layMy family, my…
Don’t lie, Mr. Preacher man
Don’t lie to meMr. Preacher manLest you lose meand many moreTrue happinesslies not in material thingsNot in big houses and…
Character Revealed
The point in our livesWhere tables turnFingers burnIs the point where we are revealed © Bonyo Buogha 2010
On Miss Thang
She wears her designer clothesMuch revealing, from head to toeShe paints her faceWears fake nailsPrides in her adopted foreign accent…