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Ikay
MOTIVATION WITH IKAY: 1.0
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These are some quotes that will help you out when you are feeling down. Sometimes, it only takes a good line to brighten up your day.
"We generate fears while we sit. We overcome them by action" — Dr Henry Link
"The man who has confidence in himself gains the confidence of others" — Hasidic Proverb
"What you lack in talent can be made up with desire, hustle and giving 110% all the time.†– Don Zimmer
"What you lack in talent can be made up with desire, hustle and giving 110% all the time.†– Don Zimmer
"Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.†– Will Rogers
"The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.†– Winston Churchill
“The best way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.†– Walt Disney
"It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.†– Vincent Lombardi
"People who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.†– Rob Siltanen
“Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.†– Og Mandino
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Ikay
VAPOUR
~0.9 mins read
VAPOUR
20 lines is all I have,
6 lines and a Sonnet
to make feelings into words
one line at a time.
We should be two butterflies in some rose garden, flapping wings at twilight.
But I am sitting here at a table, staring at a cup of coffee.
I notice the tiny bubbles and remember how a kettle boils water,
the temperature rising in degrees and swelling bubbles from hot liquid.
Our love was the bubble: hot, growing and alive.
I thought it was the kind that sank depths,
swimming against the current to the bottom of a kettle and afraid of the atmosphere,
but it rose to the top and burst.
Faithfully, I watched a portion trap itself within the steam,
rising in ashen evanescent spirals.
I know there is a kind of steam
that evaporates and condenses;
fresh mist cooling to a pool of liquid to restore itself.
But I watched, our love — vapour :
Volatile, unsalvageable, coffee-scented and nostalgic,
Rise to Nothing.
By Ik Inyang
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