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What if love has always been the quench and the fire? or perhaps all we need to lose to find all we need to have?
Odd KenOdd Ken Just as it demands blood, to meet bone, It’ll forever take something painful to understand pain.
Odd KenOdd Ken I swear I love her so much that somedays I can’t quite tell if I’m just a good liar.
Odd KenOdd Ken You’re gone. And I think I’m only trying to mean a lot to myself too.
Odd KenOdd Ken To heal is to be constantly reminded that once you learn to punch, you die with blood on your wrist.
Odd KenOdd Ken There’s a constant battle of me and healing; all of which still sits burning and intricately perplexed in ink.
Odd KenOdd Ken Either the jump or the drown, loving her has always readied me for the fire.
Odd KenOdd Ken If ever the fall is the ground, someone tell her I’m this close to soil, and I can feel it!
Odd KenOdd Ken These sharp edges you left behind, they cut so deep; and I guess maybe I am just not dying enough.
Odd KenOdd Ken Breathe in the pain and bring out the wounds. It’s only a process and you’ll learn to survive the rest.
Odd KenOdd Ken Give everything some time; pain hasn’t learn to walk yet.
Odd KenOdd Ken Somedays depression is tender, as though hurting is just an art; and that maybe she didn’t break me more than enough!
Odd KenOdd Ken Like a fractured bone in the ribs, the heart can be painfully heavy sometimes.
Odd KenOdd Ken Perhaps I mistook the pain with work in progress.
Odd KenOdd Ken When I say I love you, I mean something raw something below the surface of all waters; something almost too naked and true!
Odd KenOdd Ken Like her name, some people are best left scrouged on the skin.
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Tom MetcafeTom Metcafe Someday your pen will write a revolution. Until then, write your pain.
Fareena AliyaFareena Aliya Time is precious. So are the people in your life. So love and be loved. Because tomorrow is never promised.
Jenny AJenny A Thank you for still being there for yourself. For being strong. For being resilient. Keep going.
Yohan AcostaYohan Acosta There will never be a day, I am not thankful for the fire you brought to my life that still warms me to the bones.
Mark AnthonyMark Anthony You could have shook my whole world luckily I became aware, and I took a turn.
Emma SchippersEmma Schippers Be strong enough to bloom even in the storm.
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