Ears quick to listen. Lips, slow to speak. I take, so that I may give.
OBEHI VESSEL A.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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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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Ran out of time, before we even began. How long will the road not taken be starved of footprints?
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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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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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Some days are heavy. Not meant to be carried alone.
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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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When one door closes, another opens.’ Yet, in-between lies a wait persuasive enough to make many go through windows.
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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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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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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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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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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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We were purple, one day, we felt whole the next day split apart into red and blue.
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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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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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