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 can sing love; only I’m afraid the lyrics might get shattered again.
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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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 held my breath underwater and felt surrender in my lungs; maybe this too counts as love.
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Either the jump or the drown, loving her has always readied me for the fire.
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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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To heal is to be constantly reminded that once you learn to punch, you die with blood on your wrist.
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There’s a constant battle of me and healing; all of which still sits burning and intricately perplexed in ink.
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When I say I love you, I mean something raw something below the surface of all waters; something almost too naked and true!
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No one thing stays the same after a goodbye.
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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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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.
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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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Maybe water is not entirely lost when soaked into sand. Maybe it finds a better resting place to call home; and I hope she did too.
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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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After healing I’ll run back to her – of course this poem demands a brutal ending!
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