You were fully clothed in lies, I was naked in truth. Still, when morning came It was I who survived the cold.
OBEHI VESSEL A.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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Patience is not the ability to wait. It is, how we wait; an attitude so unruffled, that none can tell if we’re waiting or not.
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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 have seen humans call for “change” only to bid her go home, and return on a more convenient date.
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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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And, when it comes to counting our blessings; we humans are all bad at math.
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I used to envy the sun, for having seen it all. I was wrong. Left with nothing to see, how bored she must be.
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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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To know more, I must first admit that I know nothing. Only on a blank page, can words be written.
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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.
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Every person I failed to forgive, I became.
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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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Ran out of time, before we even began. How long will the road not taken be starved of footprints?
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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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Both strong and weak may survive; if neither takes too seriously, the titles of ‘strong’ and ‘weak’.
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‘Why are we here?’ I inquired of my body, spirit, and soul. ‘Here to do whatever feels good.’ Said the first. ‘Here to do what feels good.’ Said the second. ‘Here to choose.’ Said the third. ‘Between both.’
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