I AM AN AKYEM

I AM AN AKYEM
I am an Akyem
If war was by words
I would never win one--
River Pra is my witness

I am an Akyem
My home is built on winking
Diamonds---

I am an Akyem
Moulded from the bones
Of Ofori Panin
Bearer of the skull of wisdom

I am an Akyem---
Son of the heavy breasted 
Siamese triplets joined in
The head at Abuakwa

Beautiful Akyem Mansa
With snaky veins spitting wealth
Under her evergreen hairs

I am an Akyem
Kwaebibirem sikani ba
On the bones of my
Ancestors rests the foundation
Of our nation
The skeleton of the big six

I am an Akyem
If war was by words
Never would I have won one
River Pra is my witness

Let your boiling tears
Travel to asamando Asanteman
Ko'Osei 'Tu was still treating
Gunshots wounds
When Nana Kuntunkununku last saw him

©Sarpong Kumankoma