I used to envy the sun, for having seen it all. I was wrong. Left with nothing to see, how bored she must be.
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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A problem ignored, has two outcomes. The illusion that it is gone, and the reality of one problem becoming more.
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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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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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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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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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Some days are heavy. Not meant to be carried alone.
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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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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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Learning is easy. Unlearning is tricky. The former is knowledge gained. The latter is knowledge gained, recognized as a loss.
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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 have seen humans call for “change” only to bid her go home, and return on a more convenient date.
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At present, Nations are burning. But, their leaders mistake the ash for snow.
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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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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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