Restrain

Chukwuebuka Stephen Nworie 1996 (Ezza North LGA)



It's just but a fear that saves; a holy inaction.
Folded fists  without a punch, a forgiveness.
A no-tune from all the raging thoughts, a sage.
That is favourable when regret compares.
A second thought of a heavy breathing warrior.
When a clinged sword sees nothing off the  shield.

A word that would have caused blood bath;
A tongue that would brought kings prowling;
A move that would waken a lion;
A hunt that would have created homeless;
All through restrain has a man won.

A man who has suffered regrets
Is one who deafed the noble restrain.
It's all about taming thine boasting beast.
Aluring lures lifted by  unfavourable ruling.

Do not dare make a comparison of meaning
Between restrain and the act to of doing nothing;
The latter is the shell for all the inactions
That left a prince begging for freedom.
But a king could postpone a battle.

 It's all about becoming strict and holding back,
Weighing the bag and predicting the profits.
It's all about running off a fight when it isn't time,
 knowing time to hate or love in words and in face.

Have you seen a hitman work away
Down the track of a new district
Refusing to show his strength, none at all,
To a Lad who ran an errand  for lewd lord ?
Such is  restrain, a waiting for a time so ripe.

About this poem

This poem is a didactic piece that irons out the importance of not acting under furious impulse. This poem discuss the advantages of restrain, an act of judicious postponing of what one sense would bring further negating issues if undertaking.

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Written on February 02, 2024

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Scheme ABXXXX XCABA XXXC CCBXX XXXX XXXXX
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,262
Words 261
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 6, 5, 4, 5, 4, 5

Chukwuebuka Stephen Nworie

Chukwuebuka Stephen Nworie is a native of Ezza North, Ebonyi state Nigeria. He is a graduate of media studies and journalism from Ebonyi state University, Abakaliki, where he bagged first. He is currently a masters student at University of Nigeria Nsukka where. He is a growing researcher with interest in new media and technological development. He has published in both local and international journals and has presented papers in many academic conferences and workshops. He is gifted in writing poetry. more…

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