Milk and Honey

by Rupi Kaur

you are the faint line between faith and blindly waiting - letter to my future lover

your name is the strongest positive and negative connotation in any language it either lights me up or leaves me aching for days

i don’t know what living a balanced life feels like when i am sad i don’t cry i pour when i am happy i don’t smile i glow when i am angry i don’t yell i burn the good thing about feeling in extremes is when i love i give them wings but perhaps that isn’t such a good thing cause they always tend to leave and you should see me when my heart is broken i don’t grieve i shatter

that is the thing about selfish people. they gamble entire beings. entire souls to please their own.

if you were born with the weakness to fall you were born with the strength to rise

perhaps the saddest of all are those who live waiting for someone they’re not sure exists

it takes grace to remain kind in cruel situations

fall in love with your solitude

if the hurt comes so will the happiness

how you love yourself is how you teach others to love you