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.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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Ran out of time, before we even began. How long will the road not taken be starved of footprints?
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A lot of my mistakes, are birthed by curiosity. Like a child, drawn to fire; I came for the light and found pain instead.
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Every person I failed to forgive, I became.
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What’s lost, can be found. What’s broken, may be fixed. But what lives in denial of either of these will remain as it is.
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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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I have seen men, choose violence time after time. And in turn, I have seen violence choose them.
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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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We were purple, one day, we felt whole the next day split apart into red and blue.
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Never give a human the job of making you happy. Some days, they might call you sick. Other days they might call quit.
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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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I have seen humans call for “change” only to bid her go home, and return on a more convenient date.
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Be careful out there; I hear humans get killed for wearing the wrong skin.
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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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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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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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Doubt has evolved. From a ‘what if I can’t?’ To a ‘what if I can? And it doesn’t last?’
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At present, Nations are burning. But, their leaders mistake the ash for snow.
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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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Some days are heavy. Not meant to be carried alone.
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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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Both strong and weak may survive; if neither takes too seriously, the titles of ‘strong’ and ‘weak’.
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I have felt warmth in lies, and coldness in truth. This is how I know that morality, transcends the physicality of temperatures.
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When you have no money, you’re penniless. When you have no love, you’re poor.en you have no love, you’re poor.
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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, 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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