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What Faith Teaches, Touch Unlearns

by OddOdysseyPoet

A kiss in the dark; no theology could train the lips to speak the full scope of love — what faith teaches, touch unlearns. For a man in the weeds — _tangled_, unseen — is still something that grows, stretching toward light he may never reach. Still beauty never promised to be impressive. Ready to fall; not for love, but from the weight of being myself —this awkward custody of flesh and thought. It's truly a case argued by the mind, and tried by the heart. Walls of a lung breathing in and out, taking in their words, their dreams, their worth — as if loving meant learning to breathe through someone else’s lungs. But we may never know how far a love may go; it’s always a shot in the dark — blind in faith, eyes closed in trust, when lips meet and silence speaks for us. Only after they part does the night exhale the truth: was it worth the shot — or just the echo of our wanting?
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OddOdysseyPoet
27 / M / Zimbabwe
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Written by
OddOdysseyPoet
27 / M / Zimbabwe
Published
Oct 22, 2025
Time
2m
Tags
#loveandfaith#poeticreflection#introspectivepoetry#modernpoet#wordart#existentialpoetry#philosophicalwriting#spiritualintimacy#emotionaldepth#humancondition
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