I have seen men, choose violence time after time. And in turn, I have seen violence choose them.
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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Second chances, are filled with humans hoping for a third.
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A fair – weathered friend; I am not. I bring my own sunshine.
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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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A natural law; ‘forgive them or become them.’ slowly, unnoticeably, surely.
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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 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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Every person I failed to forgive, I became.
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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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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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Ears quick to listen. Lips, slow to speak. I take, so that I may give.
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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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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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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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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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