Sometimes even in pain we smile to the world until we think we’re dying.
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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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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Either the jump or the drown, loving her has always readied me for the fire.
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Respect pain. Every heartfelt word is first born from sadness.
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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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Like a fractured bone in the ribs, the heart can be painfully heavy sometimes.
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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 held my breath underwater and felt surrender in my lungs; maybe this too counts as love.
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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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I guess we all understand the love language fine; but maybe truth is we’re just too fluent in goodbyes.
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The broken worlds we hide inside; that’s how we start to die!
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I don’t think the world is ever getting better; I guess maybe people just find new ways to hide what kills them.
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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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And when the cold comes, I swear I can feel her in my bones.
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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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Most days missing her is my only choice between death and dying.
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