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.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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You can worry, or you can be wise. You cannot be both, at the same time.
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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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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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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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I have seen men, choose violence time after time. And in turn, I have seen violence choose them.
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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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Ran out of time, before we even began. How long will the road not taken be starved of footprints?
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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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A natural law; ‘forgive them or become them.’ slowly, unnoticeably, surely.
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Ears quick to listen. Lips, slow to speak. I take, so that I may give.
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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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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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At present, Nations are burning. But, their leaders mistake the ash for snow.
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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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