I guess there’s so much in your absence that kills my soul from the burning wood to ash.
ODD KENSometimes even in pain we smile to the world until we think we’re dying.
More Odd Ken Quotes
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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’ve been to the countryside a couple of times. Somedays it is all wood and grass and empty. Other days it feels like you!
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Pain is never too weak to leave the body still standing or laughing the same.
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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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Like her name, some people are best left scrouged on the skin.
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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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You’re gone. And I think I’m only trying to mean a lot to myself too.
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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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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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If ever the fall is the ground, someone tell her I’m this close to soil, and I can feel it!
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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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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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After healing I’ll run back to her – of course this poem demands a brutal ending!
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I guess we all understand the love language fine; but maybe truth is we’re just too fluent in goodbyes.
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Most days missing her is my only choice between death and dying.
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