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Author: ocbenji

  • Snow Falling Slowly

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    ocbenji

    Past failures make you do what you should never do and that is second guess yourself. I had a friend in high-school who I really admired because she had the ability to see the truth in things. I always wondered how she did it until about earlier this year when I figured out how to…

  • Worst Analogy Ever!

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    I have all of my little cousins here and they love the Wii. (duh) I got to eat alot and see a few of my aunties. I wonder if I’ll ever be able to hold the family together like they did? I could never see myself as one of the older people at a family…

  • May I have this Dance?

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    ocbenji

    “The fall is longer and harder when you fall from high hopes.”  She cheated on him without using her body, without another man, without really even trying. He should have known that if something seems too good to be true then it probably is.  He was himself around her, something he now regretted, he loved her,…

  • In the backseat remembering

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    ocbenji

    You ever had one of those albums that you parents always played in the car when you were a child? And because of that you have this strong association with and you know all the words? Thats how it is with Tracy Chapman and me. My mom would drive my little brother and me while…

  • Memory Rerun

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    ocbenji

    He closes his eyes and lets his mind wander over the last few years like a spider walking on a web of memories. Times past, missed opportunities, friends gained, friends lost, friends that he couldn’t get rid of. Loves and the lessons learned from them. Life changing moments and moments most regretted except for the…

  • Outsmarting a 2 year old and failing

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    ocbenji

    There are those little moments in life that tell you that things are changing and never going back to the way there were.  Aden doesn’t really like to go to is own bed and sleep.  But he does understand that when he says ok to something that he has to do it.  Its about 9:30…

  • Hows that?

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    ocbenji

    Somebody asked me why I write. I haven’t figured it out exactly but I do know that its for myself. I find myself writing alot more on the weekends. Probably because all of these things come to me during the week and during the weekend I get about 10% of it out. And I publicly…

  • In the mirror staring back

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    When I was like 4 and 5 I would stare at myself in the mirror. I never really understood it, I just know what I saw. I would stare into my eyes looking for something, anything. And like a photo developing my preferential vision would blur and fade away and all I would see would…

  • “I’ll tell ya what I want, what I really really want….”

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    ocbenji

    Don’t ask me where the idea came from but I decided that Friday at work, I would have 90’s music day. I spent the better part of Thursday night downloading up a storm. It all paid off and about 90% of my clients found themselves dancing, singing along, and generally smiling as a result of…

  • Missing the Rain

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    ocbenji

    The drops are like finger taps on a watery drum. Waking me and lulling me to sleep at the same time. Ironic ain’t it? How a turbulent storm can bring such peace. No matter the time of day or night, time is counted in a more human pace. No longer a second but a heartbeat,…