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.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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Second chances, are filled with humans hoping for a third.
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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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Both strong and weak may survive; if neither takes too seriously, the titles of ‘strong’ and ‘weak’.
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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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I have seen humans call for “change” only to bid her go home, and return on a more convenient date.
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Doing good and being good; are two different things. The first is a shirt we put on, take off. The latter is our skin.
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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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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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This year has been heavy. Not meant to be carried alone.
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Every person I failed to forgive, I became.
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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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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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Standing between who we are, and who we want to be, is that which we find easiest to be.
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Ears quick to listen. Lips, slow to speak. I take, so that I may give.
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