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.
OBEHI VESSEL A.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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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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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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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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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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Both strong and weak may survive; if neither takes too seriously, the titles of ‘strong’ and ‘weak’.
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Doubts are powerful. They, not only demand we look again, they tell us what to see.
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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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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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No. I do not wish upon stars, I hear they fall.
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Be careful out there; I hear humans get killed for wearing the wrong skin.
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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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Some days are heavy. Not meant to be carried alone.
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Second chances, are filled with humans hoping for a third.
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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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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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