There’s not much I know about forgetting. By which I mean I can hear her name from a distance; and it still breathes cold in my chest.
ODD KENAll through the depression, I was the soft toy in the hands of a baby with sharp teeth.
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Sometimes even in pain we smile to the world until we think we’re dying.
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I guess you’re the bee and the stings all at once; By which I mean you’re the reason I wrap these tired bones around every aching thing.
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This ‘missing you’ It begs for water; it cries your name.
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I guess there’s so much in your absence that kills my soul from the burning wood to ash.
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To me there was only ever you!
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I forget how our story started; but these days I’m finding the missing pieces behind every exhale, where I left the words standing with sore feet.
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To heal is to be constantly reminded that once you learn to punch, you die with blood on your wrist.
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In the end not every bleeding thing dies; at least, not like a paper plays in fire.
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Respect pain. Every heartfelt word is first born from sadness.
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You’re gone. And I think I’m only trying to mean a lot to myself too.
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I knew you would leave someday; And from there a poet will be born from the ashes.
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I’m a drunk poet; and I guess maybe I sipped too much of what I couldn’t buy of her.
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I’ve been quiet most of today. By which I mean I can see myself in the mirror; And believe me it is something hard to look at these days.
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Pain is never too weak to leave the body still standing or laughing the same.
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I can feel the dust of her skin in my skin; and I think maybe that means these bones of mine have grown weary of crying too.
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