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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.

Benita Okoruen

Sunday 12 March 2023

Writers

For change, we write

In sanity, we write

In pain, we write

In praise and glory, we write

In times of trouble, we write

In despair, we write

In loss, we write

In dilemma, we write

In abstinence, we write

In quest, we write

For the "PEN"

Heals even the broken,

Saves the captives,

Restores the lost,

Gives hope to illusion,

And strengthens the weak.

Benita Okoruen

Saturday 11 March 2023

Beyond Eyes

I have a dream

One which clearly calls

For Peace to beam

And not for palls

I have a dream

Where the young shall grow

Adapting to the special meme

Just to become the people of morrow

I have a dream

Every woman would become a damsel

And every man at the brim

In positions to give counsel

I have that big dream

To be who I want to be

To flow like a stream

And to be as boundless as the sea

Benita Okoruen

Saturday 11 March 2023

Lone

Stripped off naked,

She walked past

Through the weary path

She knew not where she went

Birds chirping and hovering,

The sorrowing songs from the crickets. Trespass her humble mind

Leaving her with no choice than to sob

With her bare feet,

She tries to pamper the noisy rustle

From the dried leaves

Which in turn makes a jest of her

Her shadow,

Makes a Foss of her

Not being tender at all

Forming disfigured figures around her

Her pale body,

Bearing the benevolence

Of a rumbling and grumpy stomach,

The worms and intestines entangle

Deficiency she wears,

Her hair all scattered

Like that of an impotent rat

Lingeringly looking low

Patched with pains,

She looked above. Seeing further,

She reached for what she saw.

There was a rotten apple

As if the raven had witty pity on her

Alas she found peace,

When she hopelessly

Laid her heavy head

Amongst the pine

And distressed in the pool

Of her bleeding juice

Benita Okoruen

Saturday 11 March 2023

Poetry

Poetry is the beauty of the mind
Only the clever can define

It is the dance of the pen

Only the toddlers call it a ten

It is a mystery yet untold

Only revelation can unfold

It is a puzzle

It causes a dazzle

It is a game

Not for the lame

It is a journey

Not so funny

It is a mission

Which gives room for vision

It brings pleasure

Now and ever, it is a treasure

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