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.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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And now, we look back at what was normal, and we find that normal isn’t always good or right; No. Normal, is whatever has been spent with us, the longest time. And that in itself is not a valid reason for it to stay.
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This year has been heavy. Not meant to be carried alone.
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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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A problem ignored, has two outcomes. The illusion that it is gone, and the reality of one problem becoming more.
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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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Some days are heavy. Not meant to be carried alone.
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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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You can worry, or you can be wise. You cannot be both, at the same time.
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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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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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Learning is easy. Unlearning is tricky. The former is knowledge gained. The latter is knowledge gained, recognized as a loss.
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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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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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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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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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To know more, I must first admit that I know nothing. Only on a blank page, can words be written.
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Ears quick to listen. Lips, slow to speak. I take, so that I may give.
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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 fair – weathered friend; I am not. I bring my own sunshine.
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Doubts are powerful. They, not only demand we look again, they tell us what to see.
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Standing between who we are, and who we want to be, is that which we find easiest to be.
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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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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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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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