I held my breath underwater and felt surrender in my lungs; maybe this too counts as love.
ODD KENAfter healing I’ll run back to her – of course this poem demands a brutal ending!
More Odd Ken Quotes
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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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Often times the language is different; by which I mean, I love her, and it’s the only stammer I’ve ever known.
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To me there was only ever you!
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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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Sorry to a heavy heart in the morning; sorry to waking up and being yourself the only reason to cry.
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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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Today I can see the cracks on the wall they’re visible; but I can tell they are finding their way to soil, And so am I.
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Perhaps I mistook the pain with work in progress.
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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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Please the night’s cold, not her name again!
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Somedays depression is tender, as though hurting is just an art; and that maybe she didn’t break me more than enough!
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I knew you would leave someday; And from there a poet will be born from the ashes.
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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 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 can sing love; only I’m afraid the lyrics might get shattered again.
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