EDEN BENIBO

i. Embracing my roots glued me to the ground every time I tried to spread my wings ii. I am thirteen and my mother developed a dislike towards foreign boys she said I would be much safer with boys my READ MORE

Enforcing a positive mindset and shutting out negative thoughts is important to get ahead in today’s world, where we are exposed to a lot of negatives daily. Subconsciously, these negative elements begin to plant themselves in our within us, which READ MORE

  Living in a world where we wake up each morning to new innovations and improvements on how things were, just a night before shows beyond every reasonable doubt that life is ever changing. Phases fade out, because even life READ MORE

Sometimes I wish this reality was a dream, then I would force myself awake Awake from this cruel reality, a reality so cruel it can damage humanity, all of it!  If reality was a dream, I would awake from beholding READ MORE

  The priest spoke the word The people heard the word, And for the first time, the potent word- Affected this vulnerable world… See water pour hopelessly on Stones, And marrows slowly leaving the bones Everything massively loosing their forms, READ MORE

Where have you been? I searched the highest mountain top, Calling for you but no response Oh! please tell me where are you. I searched the lowest seas and sands of the earth, yet no response, heart-broken and silent in READ MORE

  My love, let me see the world through your eyes. Show me those scars and tell me their origin. Why is your voice laced with so much fear? Why do you have a hard time trusting? why do you READ MORE

Sing for me a song, The lyrics to which I long for Beloved let me feel among, Today I am no longer a whore Write for me a verse, The words of which I’d die for Make me the chosen READ MORE

There is this weakness that comes with failing. One cannot really tell if it’s that kind of ‘general body weakness’ or something that goes beyond. Something inexplicable. That kind of feeling that makes one feel static, with little or no READ MORE

In a world flooded with so much negativities here and there, it’s high time we realized that in order for us not to become like lost balls in the high weeds, we have to maintain certain personal standards and values READ MORE

Our already cracked-dry lips, Skin as white and pale -as in the colour,white. Dusty-dry wind travels in and out of our nostrils, Almost tasteful. Hazy fog in the mornings,tell our untold stories; Our story of Chicken and Rice. Excitement grows READ MORE

It is only passion, dream, aspiration  and wit that makes life worth living. Even if you find your passion late in life,  don’t let it go,  pursue it with all your being. I have looked for many excuses to live in READ MORE

The communication of the faux notion that depressed people do not speak up prior to committing suicide should not be solely used to cajole them into speaking up. That assertion, when deeply looked into, suggests that the vulnerability of the READ MORE

I look down and I don’t recognize myself I tried hard, To push my legs to go fast but I guess theirs were faster than mine Pushed, To the wall of a filthy building All I heard were ripples I READ MORE

There is always a fight for everyone If you choose not to fight You never come into the light. People may say don’t bite more than you can chew Others may say it’s not necessary to fight, Little wonder life READ MORE

Do not blame me because I turn blue skies, purple The world is bored of her color; she barely looks at them anymore and smile Don’t point fingers at me because I dream I sing out loud, hopping on your READ MORE

She was scared, scared of the unknown.  At least, she knew she was scared of being alone. Scared of doing things alone. She’d always tell him what she wanted to do, always ask for his consent, they’d always do stuff READ MORE

(FACEBOOK WRITERS’ PHENOMENON) In many cities of the world, especially the under developing countries, writers have been subject of abuse, neglect, exploitation and even in extreme cases murdered by evil critics who don’t even  critique constructively. These writers, expected mirrors READ MORE

Listen, Our people. Our people, Listen! What we have to say to you! That you may know; You have long been deaf, And you have been blinded- By the mockery In the eyes  Of those ‘Culture thieves’. They who have READ MORE

Delight pondereth my soul in the outermost paths Found between the complexity of thoughts; Diverse immersion of yesteryears Dreaming it’s reality to the crumble presence of constrained existence, Oh! How I wished and longed that the fourscore, Double fourscore was READ MORE