“You never know how strong you are
until being strong is your only choice” - Bob Marley
He didn’t actually say it.
I was looking online for the context
and ChatGPT told me the quotation
was commonly misattributed to Bob Marley.
There is no record of him ever
having written or uttered those words
in any format at all.
Those ‘inspirational’ Instagram posts
were mere simulacra of sentiment –
nothing more than bogus, a sham.
No one knows where the quote came from.
Turns out, Bob was not guiding me
through some of my own darkest moments.
He wasn’t holding his hand out to me,
telling me no cry.
It was all just empty words.
But then again, words are all I have,
as Boyzone famously said.
Joshua Seigal
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