In the end not every bleeding thing dies; at least, not like a paper plays in fire.
ODD KENPain is never too weak to leave the body still standing or laughing the same.
More Odd Ken Quotes
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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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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?
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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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These sharp edges you left behind, they cut so deep; and I guess maybe I am just not dying enough.
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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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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 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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In the end the salt calls the ocean home; and I guess this is why drowning has always been a part of loving you.
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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 there’s so much in your absence that kills my soul from the burning wood to ash.
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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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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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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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It is my dying wish to travel around the world; to feel this hurt in a slightly different way!
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Please the night’s cold, not her name again!
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