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by Rupi Kaur

why do i hurt the ones who want to lift me up and worship the ones who crush me - what made me like this

nothing can replace how the women in my life make me feel

i fear that my best years are behind me and nothing beyond this point will add up

i get so lost in where i want to go i forget that the place i’m in is already quite magical

you can’t quiet a woman who was born muzzled

i will never be quiet about the way my people resisted so i could be free