Milk and Honey

by Rupi Kaur

you might not have been my first love but you were the love that made all the other loves irrelevant

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

when you are broken and he has left you do not question whether you were enough the problem was you were so enough he was not able to carry it

love is not cruel we are cruel love is not a game we have made a game out of love

loneliness is a sign you are in desperate need of yourself

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