Milk and Honey

by Rupi Kaur

i do not want to have you to fill the empty parts of me i want to be full on my own i want to be so complete i could light a whole city and then i want to have you cause the two of us combined could set it on fire

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

you must enter a relationship with yourself before anyone else

it takes grace to remain kind in cruel situations

fall in love with your solitude

the world gives you so much pain and here you are making gold out of it - there is nothing purer than that

most importantly love like it’s the only thing you know how at the end of the day all this means nothing this page where you’re sitting your degree your job the money nothing even matters except love and human connection who you loved and how deeply you loved them how you touched the people around you and how much you gave them