At present, Nations are burning. But, their leaders mistake the ash for snow.
OBEHI VESSEL A.Standing between who we are, and who we want to be, is that which we find easiest to be.
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Every person I failed to forgive, I became.
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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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Ears quick to listen. Lips, slow to speak. I take, so that I may give.
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Second chances, are filled with humans hoping for a third.
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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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To know more, I must first admit that I know nothing. Only on a blank page, can words be written.
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I have felt warmth in lies, and coldness in truth. This is how I know that morality, transcends the physicality of temperatures.
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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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Doubts are powerful. They, not only demand we look again, they tell us what to see.
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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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It is the silliness of youth to trust time.
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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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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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And, when it comes to counting our blessings; we humans are all bad at math.
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You can worry, or you can be wise. You cannot be both, at the same time.
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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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Toxicity isn’t always a harsh tone or a bruise. Often it’s a “this is who I am.” Often it’s a “I’ll change” Void of when.
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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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When you have no money, you’re penniless. When you have no love, you’re poor.en you have no love, you’re poor.
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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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This year has been heavy. Not meant to be carried alone.
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I used to envy the sun, for having seen it all. I was wrong. Left with nothing to see, how bored she must be.
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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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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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