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.
OBEHI VESSEL A.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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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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Doubts are powerful. They, not only demand we look again, they tell us what to see.
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Be careful out there; I hear humans get killed for wearing the wrong skin.
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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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You can worry, or you can be wise. You cannot be both, at the same time.
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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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Both strong and weak may survive; if neither takes too seriously, the titles of ‘strong’ and ‘weak’.
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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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‘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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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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No. I do not wish upon stars, I hear they fall.
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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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Second chances, are filled with humans hoping for a third.
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At present, Nations are burning. But, their leaders mistake the ash for snow.
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A natural law; ‘forgive them or become them.’ slowly, unnoticeably, surely.
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