All through the depression, I was the soft toy in the hands of a baby with sharp teeth.
ODD KENSomedays depression is tender, as though hurting is just an art; and that maybe she didn’t break me more than enough!
More Odd Ken Quotes
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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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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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To me there was only ever you!
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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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Most days missing her is my only choice between death and dying.
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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 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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Please the night’s cold, not her name again!
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Love 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.
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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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There’s not much I know about forgetting. By which I mean I can hear her name from a distance; and it still breathes cold in my chest.
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Pain is never too weak to leave the body still standing or laughing the same.
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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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You’re gone. And I think I’m only trying to mean a lot to myself too.
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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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