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Consistency Would Be Nice

Sometimes brilliance is a broken light

Flashing on and off of it's own accord.

Blinding and flickering in synchrony.

 

Sometimes brilliance is a fickle *****

Flipping the switch of discord

****** I lost it. Oh the irony.

 

See, sometimes we're inspired

And sometimes we're not.

You can tell the difference by a lot

Of instances in which brilliance fades

Like when you need the Ace of Spades

For that beautiful royal flush

But you've got a full house of mush and gush so you hush and blush at every word and signal thrown your way because at the end of the day all you are is summed up in the words you didn't say to those around you. The people you've lifted and the people you let fall, count it up, count it all. All the times brilliance failed and all the times you've prevailed are more than just a flickering light. They are your guide and they are your sight. Embrace them while you can for they just might be extinguished at the end of the night.

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Written by
john-f-pinto
American
Published
May 29, 2014
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13·178
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Goodnight moon, goodnight stars, goodnight brilliance, wherever you are.

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#thoughts#night#light#positive#bulb#brilliance
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