Both strong and weak may survive; if neither takes too seriously, the titles of ‘strong’ and ‘weak’.
OBEHI VESSEL A.Spiritual or religious. Which will you be? Society, asks of me. Inscribe my name on the list. I said, of which has more compassion in it.
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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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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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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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Fear is a curtain telling you she’s a door walkthrough.
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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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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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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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It is the silliness of youth to trust time.
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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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Past lifetimes do not concern me. Whatever memory succumbs to be forgotten, is one I do not aspire to repeat.
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Second chances, are filled with humans hoping for a third.
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Doubts are powerful. They, not only demand we look again, they tell us what to see.
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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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“No” is such a controversial word. Clear, resounding when uttered by men. By women, Low, muffled. Sounds like “yes.”
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