Hi, my name is De-graft Nyansah Afful Jr.

and ignorance is my disease

as intelligent as I was,

I never believed in myself,

or..I never knew who I was,

yes, that's true

Like I said, I am De-graft Afful Jr.

a current student of Utah Valley University,

I believe that as I begin to sketch

myself on paper, I will see some of my cracks

To me,

the world was VERY boring,

it was either the TV or the COMPUTER

or just sitting idle,

the word, "learn" was very bitter

to my ears,

laziness was the honey that

consoled my soul on my bed

I really liked to sleep a lot,

my father always scolded me for it,

but I didn't care

the world was very boring

till I found my talent,

writing...

that was the day I found power

I could twist, turn, twirl,

whirl words in anyway I could,

my mission now is to show

people that writing is not just

about pen and paper,

or laptop and typing,

but the cunning in getting what you want

with words

and their power,

I always say;

"he who has words, has power!"

My father encouraged me

to modify my writing,

I wrote everyday,

on pen and paper;

my father thought me,

that risks are diamonds in the

fangs of a cobra,

this is my own expression,

but what I mean is that

all troubles are blessings in disguise

Ok, I'm drifting,

back to the story,

I wrote for my friends

in high school to propose

to girls,

or for their girlfriends on valentines,

that was the only muscle I had,

so I plan to use it to the max

Well, I believe I have more

muscles and I'll find them out

just in time.

                                              By Kakraba Afful