how is it so easy for you to be kind to people he asked milk and honey dripped from my lips as i answered cause people have not been kind to me

Rupi Kaur Poems

i need someone who knows struggle as well as i do someone willing to hold my feet in their lap

The Type of Lover I Need

on days it is too difficult to stand the type of person who gives exactly what i need before i even know i need it

The Type of Lover I Need

the type of lover who hears me even when i do not speak is the type of understanding i demand - the type of lover i need

The Type of Lover I Need

you tell me i am not like most girls and learn to kiss me with your eyes closed something about the phrase - something about how i have to be unlike the women

You Tell Me

i call sisters in order to be wanted makes me want to spit your tongue out like i am supposed to be proud you picked me as if i should be relieved you think i am better than them

You Tell Me

you leave but you don’t stay gone why do you do that why do you abandon the thing you want to keep

You Leave

why do you linger in a place you do not want to stay why do you think it’s okay to do both go and return all at once

You Leave