Milk and Honey

by Rupi Kaur

the toxin in our mouths has burnt holes in our cheeks.

don’t mistake salt for sugar if he wants to be with you he will it’s that simple

i didn’t leave because i stopped loving you i left because the longer i stayed the less i loved myself

you must have known you were wrong when your fingers were dipped inside me searching for honey that would not come for you

the thing worth holding on to would not have let go

neither of us is happy but neither of us wants to leave so we keep breaking one another and calling it love

perhaps i don’t deserve nice things cause i am paying for sins i don’t remember

it takes grace to remain kind in cruel situations