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.
ODD KENI’m a drunk poet; and I guess maybe I sipped too much of what I couldn’t buy of her.
More Odd Ken Quotes
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Love is a job doer and a man slayer. Both equally efficient, until the taste of it is most felt on the cold side of the ribs.
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Please the night’s cold, not her name again!
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I guess this has been my confusion; where I went wrong. Thinking that love could possibly come as a thing without the burns.
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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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I swear I love her so much that somedays I can’t quite tell if I’m just a good liar.
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Sometimes even in pain we smile to the world until we think we’re dying.
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I don’t think the world is ever getting better; I guess maybe people just find new ways to hide what kills them.
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Breathe in the pain and bring out the wounds. It’s only a process and you’ll learn to survive the rest.
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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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I can sing love; only I’m afraid the lyrics might get shattered again.
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I held my breath underwater and felt surrender in my lungs; maybe this too counts as love.
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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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After healing I’ll run back to her – of course this poem demands a brutal ending!
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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.
ODD KEN