You were fully clothed in lies, I was naked in truth. Still, when morning came It was I who survived the cold.
OBEHI VESSEL A.When one door closes, another opens.’ Yet, in-between lies a wait persuasive enough to make many go through windows.
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It seems to be, that there are dual reasons why justice is rarely given. One, too little evidence. Two, too much.
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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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Second chances, are filled with humans hoping for a third.
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Ears quick to listen. Lips, slow to speak. I take, so that I may give.
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Doubts are powerful. They, not only demand we look again, they tell us what to see.
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What’s lost, can be found. What’s broken, may be fixed. But what lives in denial of either of these will remain as it is.
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This year has been heavy. Not meant to be carried alone.
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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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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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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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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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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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‘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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Past lifetimes do not concern me. Whatever memory succumbs to be forgotten, is one I do not aspire to repeat.
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A fair – weathered friend; I am not. I bring my own sunshine.
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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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It is the silliness of youth to trust time.
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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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No. I do not wish upon stars, I hear they fall.
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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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I have seen men, choose violence time after time. And in turn, I have seen violence choose them.
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A natural law; ‘forgive them or become them.’ slowly, unnoticeably, surely.
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Fear is a curtain telling you she’s a door walkthrough.
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You can worry, or you can be wise. You cannot be both, at the same time.
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