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.Both strong and weak may survive; if neither takes too seriously, the titles of ‘strong’ and ‘weak’.
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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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Ears quick to listen. Lips, slow to speak. I take, so that I may give.
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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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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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A problem ignored, has two outcomes. The illusion that it is gone, and the reality of one problem becoming more.
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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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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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Be careful out there; I hear humans get killed for wearing the wrong skin.
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You can worry, or you can be wise. You cannot be both, at the same time.
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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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No. I do not wish upon stars, I hear they fall.
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At present, Nations are burning. But, their leaders mistake the ash for snow.
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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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Every person I failed to forgive, I became.
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It is the silliness of youth to trust 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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To know more, I must first admit that I know nothing. Only on a blank page, can words be written.
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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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I have seen humans call for “change” only to bid her go home, and return on a more convenient date.
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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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Fear is a curtain telling you she’s a door walkthrough.
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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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Both strong and weak may survive; if neither takes too seriously, the titles of ‘strong’ and ‘weak’.
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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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‘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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A fair – weathered friend; I am not. I bring my own sunshine.
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