Everyone claims they want the truth. Just not in all her bright entirety. We’d rather she visit in dim shades of light, that won’t hurt our eyes.
OBEHI VESSEL A.A problem ignored, has two outcomes. The illusion that it is gone, and the reality of one problem becoming more.
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No, I’m not one to go in pursuit of happiness. It is common knowledge, is it not? That what is chased after will run.
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Both strong and weak may survive; if neither takes too seriously, the titles of ‘strong’ and ‘weak’.
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Some days are heavy. Not meant to be carried alone.
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When one door closes, another opens.’ Yet, in-between lies a wait persuasive enough to make many go through windows.
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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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I have seen men, choose violence time after time. And in turn, I have seen violence choose them.
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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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Learning is easy. Unlearning is tricky. The former is knowledge gained. The latter is knowledge gained, recognized as a loss.
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Past lifetimes do not concern me. Whatever memory succumbs to be forgotten, is one I do not aspire to repeat.
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It seems to be, that there are dual reasons why justice is rarely given. One, too little evidence. Two, too much.
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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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Toxicity isn’t always a harsh tone or a bruise. Often it’s a “this is who I am.” Often it’s a “I’ll change” Void of when.
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Second chances, are filled with humans hoping for a third.
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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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I used to believe that living is doing, moving, getting. But, there is life in staying still. A bird is a bird even when she isn’t flying.
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Be careful out there; I hear humans get killed for wearing the wrong skin.
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At present, Nations are burning. But, their leaders mistake the ash for snow.
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A problem ignored, has two outcomes. The illusion that it is gone, and the reality of one problem becoming more.
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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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Time ensures that we heal; not that we forget; In forgetting how a scar came to be, is to silently invite another injury.
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Standing between who we are, and who we want to be, is that which we find easiest to be.
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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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Every person I failed to forgive, I became.
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This year has been heavy. Not meant to be carried alone.
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I no longer ask humans, for a definition of love. For, they tend to force on her, the traits of those who have either treated them well or not at all.
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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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