Rupi Kaur is the author of the book milk and honey. Inside the book contains four sections, the hurting, the loving, the breaking, and the healing. Each section is a collection of poems is written on how to help a person with each category. The hurting deals with the pain of being hurt by family, friends or significant others. The loving talks about how being in love is one of the best things ever. The breaking deals with heart break of friendships, relationships and family. The healing is how to survive everything you've been through in your life.
the hurting
1. "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"
2. "she was a rose
in the hands of those
who had no intention
of keeping her"
3. "if i knew what
safety looked like
i would have spent
less time falling into
arms that were not"
4. "the idea that we are
so capable of love
but still choose
to be toxic"
5. "you have sadness
living in places
sadness shouldn't live"
the loving
1. "every revolution
starts and ends
with his lips"
2. "he says
i am sorry i am not an easy person to want
i look at him surprised
who said i wanted easy
i don't crave easy
i crave goddamn difficult"
3. "i am ready for you
i have always
been
ready for you
-the first time"
4. "love will comes
and when love comes
love will hold you
love will call your name
and you will melt
sometimes though
love will hurt you but
love will never mean to
love will play no games
cause love knows life
has been hard enough already"
5. "you might not have been my first love
but you were the love that made
all the other loves
irrelevant"
the breaking
1. "don't mistake
salt for sugar
if he wants to
be with you
he will
it's that simple"
2. "you were temptingly beautiful
but stung when I got close"
3. "more than anything
i want to save you
from myself"
4. "that's the
thing about love
it marinates your lips
till the only word your
mouth remembers
is his name"
5. "the thing
worth holding on to
would not have let go"
the healing
1. "The thing about writing is
i can't tell if it's healing
or destroying me"
2. "do not bother holding on to
that thing that does not want you
- you cannot make it stay"
3. "accept that you deserve more
than painful love
life is moving
the healthiest thing
for your heart is
to move with it"
4. "do not look for healing
at the feet of those
who broke up"
5. "perhaps the saddest of all
are those who live waiting
for someone they're not
sure exists
-7 billion people"
This is one of my favorite books I've ever read. Once I started it I couldn't put the book down. I highly recommend that everyone should take the time to read this book. This book was a new york best seller. Check out your local bookstore and rent or buy this book, I promise you won't be disappointed.
