All through the depression, I was the soft toy in the hands of a baby with sharp teeth.
ODD KENAll through the depression, I was the soft toy in the hands of a baby with sharp teeth.
ODD KENEither the jump or the drown, loving her has always readied me for the fire.
ODD KENSometimes even in pain we smile to the world until we think we’re dying.
ODD KENOften times the language is different; by which I mean, I love her, and it’s the only stammer I’ve ever known.
ODD KENWhen I say I love you, I mean something raw something below the surface of all waters; something almost too naked and true!
ODD KENMost days missing her is my only choice between death and dying.
ODD KENIf ever the fall is the ground, someone tell her I’m this close to soil, and I can feel it!
ODD KENLove 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.
ODD KENI guess there’s so much in your absence that kills my soul from the burning wood to ash.
ODD KENMaybe 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.
ODD KENI’ve been to the countryside a couple of times. Somedays it is all wood and grass and empty. Other days it feels like you!
ODD KENI guess this has been my confusion; where I went wrong. Thinking that love could possibly come as a thing without the burns.
ODD KENPain is never too weak to leave the body still standing or laughing the same.
ODD KENThe broken worlds we hide inside; that’s how we start to die!
ODD KENJust as it demands blood, to meet bone, It’ll forever take something painful to understand pain.
ODD KENAfter healing I’ll run back to her – of course this poem demands a brutal ending!
ODD KEN