No. I do not wish upon stars, I hear they fall.
OBEHI VESSEL A.Ears quick to listen. Lips, slow to speak. I take, so that I may give.
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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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Learning is easy. Unlearning is tricky. The former is knowledge gained. The latter is knowledge gained, recognized as a loss.
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You were fully clothed in lies, I was naked in truth. Still, when morning came It was I who survived the cold.
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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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When one door closes, another opens.’ Yet, in-between lies a wait persuasive enough to make many go through windows.
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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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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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“No” is such a controversial word. Clear, resounding when uttered by men. By women, Low, muffled. Sounds like “yes.”
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Doubts are powerful. They, not only demand we look again, they tell us what to see.
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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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This year has been heavy. Not meant to be carried alone.
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Second chances, are filled with humans hoping for a third.
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At present, Nations are burning. But, their leaders mistake the ash for snow.
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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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It is the silliness of youth to trust 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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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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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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A natural law; ‘forgive them or become them.’ slowly, unnoticeably, surely.
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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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Ran out of time, before we even began. How long will the road not taken be starved of footprints?
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Fear is a curtain telling you she’s a door walkthrough.
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Every person I failed to forgive, I became.
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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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