“No” is such a controversial word. Clear, resounding when uttered by men. By women, Low, muffled. Sounds like “yes.”
OBEHI VESSEL A.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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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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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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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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I have seen men, choose violence time after time. And in turn, I have seen violence choose them.
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No. I do not wish upon stars, I hear they fall.
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Some days are heavy. Not meant to be carried alone.
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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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We were purple, one day, we felt whole the next day split apart into red and blue.
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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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Both strong and weak may survive; if neither takes too seriously, the titles of ‘strong’ and ‘weak’.
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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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At present, Nations are burning. But, their leaders mistake the ash for snow.
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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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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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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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