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Benita Okoruen

Biography: Benita Okoruen is a young Nigerian literary writer and a poet. She is an indigene of Akwa Ibom State. She is currently pushing through at the University of Uyo, where she hopes to obtain her first degree in Education and English Language.

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Thursday 23 March 2023

Flaw

Tell me not, in sweet voices

That life is a beautiful place.

Life is but a devoid of poise!

A place where confidence embraces Cowardice giving room to everything that Seems to have no shape of elegance.

Tell me not, in sweet voices

That life is full of hope.

Life is but an empty dream!

A place where optimism is dressed in the Beautiful garment of depression.

Dreams remain dreams

Reality now hallucination

With sleep swiftly becoming the perfect place for a lively human being.

Blue skies turn black,

Green grasses now brownishly hot

With everything silently dieing out

A young teen I am,

Poignant is my name

I find myself in a sinister house, school and society

Where do I flee?

For fierce I wear

With my mind all set

Never to look back

For virtue has been buried,

Courage has been sold,

Strength has been defeated and

All dignity has been lost

Never to be restored.

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Flaw

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