Milk and Honey

by Rupi Kaur

tell your daughter you yell at her out of love you teach her to confuse

i was made heavy half blade and half silk difficult to forget and not easy for the mind to follow

me

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

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

i am water soft enough to offer life tough enough to drown it away

sending my love to your eyes.

because there is sweetness everywhere