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.
OBEHI VESSEL A.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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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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Fear is a curtain telling you she’s a door walkthrough.
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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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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 have seen humans call for “change” only to bid her go home, and return on a more convenient date.
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A natural law; ‘forgive them or become them.’ slowly, unnoticeably, surely.
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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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Ran out of time, before we even began. How long will the road not taken be starved of footprints?
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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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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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Every person I failed to forgive, I became.
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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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Both strong and weak may survive; if neither takes too seriously, the titles of ‘strong’ and ‘weak’.
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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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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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At present, Nations are burning. But, their leaders mistake the ash for snow.
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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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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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A fair – weathered friend; I am not. I bring my own sunshine.
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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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Never give a human the job of making you happy. Some days, they might call you sick. Other days they might call quit.
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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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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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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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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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