Ran out of time, before we even began. How long will the road not taken be starved of footprints?
OBEHI VESSEL A.I have seen humans call for “change” only to bid her go home, and return on a more convenient date.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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What’s lost, can be found. What’s broken, may be fixed. But what lives in denial of either of these will remain as it is.
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You can worry, or you can be wise. You cannot be both, at the same time.
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Be careful out there; I hear humans get killed for wearing the wrong skin.
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A fair – weathered friend; I am not. I bring my own sunshine.
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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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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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Ears quick to listen. Lips, slow to speak. I take, so that I may give.
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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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Learning is easy. Unlearning is tricky. The former is knowledge gained. The latter is knowledge gained, recognized as a loss.
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