Stories Of Oko

♡My name's Oko♡ ~Writing and wondering~

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palestine flag themed dragon!!! from the river to the sea!!!!!!!

#24 - 自由 和平 巴勒斯坦 (freedom, peace, Palestine) - Within our lifetime, Palestine will be free. 🇵🇸

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#110 - 同志 (tóngzhì / gay) - Happy Pride!!! :3c 💖🏳️‍🌈🌈

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Happy pride month everyone!

❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜🩷🩶🤍🖤

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“Don’t Weep”

Don’t weep, insects –

Lovers, stars themselves,

Must part.

-Kobayashi Issa

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Eternal End

Running through a field of faded dreams, lost within a maze of broken memories. A place where time is ripped at its seems, yet the wind brings beautiful melodies.

My worries and troubles float away down a stream that leads to the end, awaiting our final reunion where we become one.  One last burst of every emotion before I become none. 

~Oko

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Kairos

And tomorrow will become my today As yesterday will become a memory, Soon to be forgotten Yet ever so precious.

~Oko

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Between the pages of my life I start to wonder who these words describe, For not long ago, the life inside of me died.

Being puppeteered through a looking-glass Where no one recognizes the emptiness behind its eyes, Each day, each hour, another one of me dies.

~Oko

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How many times can I watch the sun chase the moon before I find myself within the stars?

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A Fallen Petal

Spring has come again, life has grown anew. Dark clouds, heavy with rain, soon to turn the sky blue.

Strong winds shake trees, carrying free petals in the breeze. And as the sun chases the moon, my dreams overflow with flowers in bloom.

~Oko

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Sometimes I can't tell if it's a real memory or a dream

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♡

Let’s run away together, Only in our dreams are we tethered. Vows whispered between tears, Eternally loved till the end of our years.

~Oko

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Darkness declared that light is brightest in its embrace

[wataksampingan]

In mine and many other east Asian cultures, the dragon traditionally symbolises things like power, wealth and strength (imperial symbol and all)

I think we often forget that in the story of the Great Race, the dragon came in fifth because it'd stopped to give people rain. Then it'd stopped again to push a rabbit adrift on a log across the wide river so it reached the shore safely (that's why the Rabbit year comes before the Dragon).

Dragons aren't meant to just be powerful - they are meant to do good with such power, and to help those in need.

So in this lunar new year, I hope you gain more power, so that you might be able to help others. I pray you have abundant resources so you may give to yourself and those around you. I wish you courage, endurance, kindness and generosity, for yourself and your people.

I hope you, and I, will be rain givers, life preservers, joy bringers.

I hope we will be dragons.

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Memories permanently etched into my skin, leaving traces of time past. How fortunate I am, to see the blooming flowers planted long ago. A whole garden worth of life and love. Until the final petal falls. ~Oko

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Happy Birthday Phil! Thanks for the amazing stream and for raising $83K for the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund <3

[pineappleciders]

The children of Gaza deserve to grow up with their mothers and fathers.

The children of Gaza deserve to grow up in a safe and healthy environment.

The children of Gaza deserve to grow up to have careers and families of their own.

The children of Gaza deserve to grow up.

[poniesart]

Bisan Owda's call to action

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