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Listen to this articleShe’s young and beautiful, running away
She’s coming back but not today
She’s looking for love, chasing clarity
She’s fighting the power, challenging gravity
And somewhere along the line
As she runs in and out of time
She will find her chosen border
Even as her generation hides in corners
Fearless and able, she’s jumping with her eyes closed
Blossoming open like a wild rose
Tokoni grew up in Lagos, Nigeria and developed an interest in literature from an early age and began writing at the age of 10. Tokoni attended the International School of the University of Lagos and is currently at Bowen University, Nigeria studying Accounting. Tokoni is a novelist and poet and has previously written for the Huffington Post, Portsmouth Daily Times, Space Bar magazine, San Diego Free Press, Op-ed news, Collective Lifestyle Media, Grilslife.com, The Brooklyn Reader and Los Angeles Free Press. Her interests include languages, mythology and art.