Spiritual or religious. Which will you be? Society, asks of me. Inscribe my name on the list. I said, of which has more compassion in it.
OBEHI VESSEL A.Spiritual or religious. Which will you be? Society, asks of me. Inscribe my name on the list. I said, of which has more compassion in it.
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Ears quick to listen. Lips, slow to speak. I take, so that I may give.
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You were fully clothed in lies, I was naked in truth. Still, when morning came It was I who survived the cold.
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Doing good and being good; are two different things. The first is a shirt we put on, take off. The latter is our skin.
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No. I do not wish upon stars, I hear they fall.
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How abstract we humans sound, when we say these are dark times. As though it isn’t in our hands that paint our times.
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This year has been heavy. Not meant to be carried alone.
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There is no such thing as ‘little’ acts of kindness. Every kind act, is grand powerful. Meant to take up space.
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“No” is such a controversial word. Clear, resounding when uttered by men. By women, Low, muffled. Sounds like “yes.”
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Ran out of time, before we even began. How long will the road not taken be starved of footprints?
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Some days are heavy. Not meant to be carried alone.
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Every human carries a heavy past. But the good thing about what can be carried, is that it can also be put down.
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I have seen men, choose violence time after time. And in turn, I have seen violence choose them.
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We were purple, one day, we felt whole the next day split apart into red and blue.
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It is the silliness of youth to trust time.
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Learning is easy. Unlearning is tricky. The former is knowledge gained. The latter is knowledge gained, recognized as a loss.
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