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.
OBEHI VESSEL A.I have seen men, choose violence time after time. And in turn, I have seen violence choose them.
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Ears quick to listen. Lips, slow to speak. I take, so that I may give.
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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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Doubts are powerful. They, not only demand we look again, they tell us what to see.
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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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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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I have seen men, choose violence time after time. And in turn, I have seen violence choose them.
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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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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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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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‘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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Past lifetimes do not concern me. Whatever memory succumbs to be forgotten, is one I do not aspire to repeat.
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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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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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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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And now, we look back at what was normal, and we find that normal isn’t always good or right; No. Normal, is whatever has been spent with us, the longest time. And that in itself is not a valid reason for it to stay.
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