Some Things I Still Can't Tell You Quotes

“When you were swimming in the lake of life,
You thrashed and kicked up your head,
Your arms slapped the surface waves and water foam.
But there’s a calm and glassy stillness In the quiet of your death,
And I can see far down
To the depths of you
That I never knew to love.”
― Misha Collins, Some Things I Still Can't Tell You: Poems

“Reading your note, at our table, in my voice,
I heard you were ready to accept my love,
Which, of course, changes everything.”
― Misha Collins, Some Things I Still Can't Tell You: Poems

“I ran toward it all, thinking the destruction might purify me.”
― Misha Collins, Some Things I Still Can't Tell You: Poems

“Only schizophrenics
See the beauty here.”
― Misha Collins, Some Things I Still Can't Tell You: Poems

“When you were swimming in the lake of life,
You thrashed and kicked up your head,
Your arms slapped the surface waves and water foam.
But there’s a calm and glassy stillness
In the quiet of your death,
And I can see far down
To the depths of you
That I never knew to love.”
― Misha Collins, Some Things I Still Can't Tell You: Poems

“But I noticed a tightening in my chest,
A closing off and wanting rest,
So I said, "no," and read instead
A poem I had written lying there in bed.”
― Misha Collins, Some Things I Still Can't Tell You: Poems

“But the truth is, I write mostly
In the mornings, drinking tea,
And, when I write, I am writing
Mostly just for me.”
― Misha Collins, Some Things I Still Can't Tell You: Poems

“Today, I am not absolved, I am not purified. I am the only runner in these hills.”
― Misha Collins, Some Things I Still Can't Tell You: Poems