Milk and Honey

by Rupi Kaur

you’ve touched me without even touching me

you mustn’t have to make them want you they must want you themselves

when my heart is broken i don’t grieve i shatter

this is......... the most relatable quote in this entire book

that is the thing about selfish people. they gamble entire beings. entire souls to please their own. one second they are holding you like the world in their lap and the next they have belittled you to a mere picture. a moment. something of the past. one second. they swallow you up and whisper they want to spend the rest of their life with you. but the moment they sense fear. they are already halfway out the door. without having the nerve to let you go with grace. as if the human heart means that little to them.

the thing about writing is i can’t tell if it’s healing or destroying me