I just purchased this book yesterday and I read it within an hour. milk and honey is by far the best poetry-based book I have ever read. After seeing Kaur's poems all over social media I began to fall in love with her words. Her book is divided into four different sections: the hurting, the loving, the breaking and the healing. Each section perfectly leads into the other, healing each heartbreak from chapter to chapter. This book was crafted for the heavy hearted, the lonely, the people who are seeking for peace.
the hurting
pg. 18
she was a rose
in the hands of those
who had no intention
of keeping her
pg. 21
if i knew what
safety looked like
i would have spent
less time falling into
arms that were not
pg. 25
you pinned
my legs to
the ground
with your feet
and demanded
i stand up
the loving
pg.45
when my mother was pregnant
with her second child i was four
i pointed at her swollen belly confused at how
my mother had gotten so big in such little time
my father scooped me in his tree trunk arms and
said the closest thing to god on this earth
is a woman's body it's where life comes from
and to have a grown man tell me something
so powerful at such a young age
changed me to see the entire universe
rested at my mother's feet
pg. 49
what am i to you he asks
i put my hands in his lap
and whisper you
are every hope
i've ever had
in human form
the breaking
pg. 81
i always
get myself
into this mess
i always let him
tell me i am beautiful
and half believe it
i always jump thinking
he will catch me
at the fall
i am hopelessly
a lover and
a dreamer and
that will be the
death of me
pg. 82
when my mother says i deserve better
i snap to your defense out of habit
he still loves me i shout
she looks at me with defeated eyes
the way a parent looks at their child
when they know this is the type of pain
they can't fix
and says
it means nothing to me if he loves you
if he can't do a single wretched thing about it
pg. 89
the next time you
have your coffee black
you'll taste the bitter
state he left you in
it will make you weep
but you'll never
stop drinking
you'd rather have the
darkest parts of him
than have nothing
pg. 94
it must hurt to know
i am your most
beautiful
regret
pg. 102
the thing
worth holding on to
would not have let go
pg. 106
you treat them like they
have a heart like yours
but not everyone can be as
soft and as tender
you don't see the
person they are
you see the person
they have the potential to be
you give and give till
they pull everything out of you
and leave you empty
pg. 107
i had to leave
i was tired of
allowing you to
make me feel
anything less
than whole
pg. 120
you were not wrong for leaving
you were wrong for coming back
and thinking
you could have me
when it was convenient
and leave when it was not
pg. 131
stay
i whispered
as you
shut the door behind you
pg. 133
he isn't coming back
whispered my head
he has to
sobbed my heart
pg. 143
the way they
leave
tells you
everything
the healing
pg. 153
loneliness is a sign you are in desperate need of yourself
pg. 157
perhaps the saddest of all
are those who live waiting
for someone they're not
sure exists
-7 billion people
pg. 171
our backs
tell stories
no books have
the spine to
carry
-women of color
pg. 174
losing you
was the becoming of myself
pg. 181
you look at me and cry
everything hurts
i hold you and whisper
but everything can heal
pg. 194
most importantly love
like it's the only thing you know how
at the end of the day all this
means nothing
this page
where you're sitting
your degree
your job
the money
nothing even matters
except the love and human connection
who you loved
and how deeply you loved them
how you touched the people around you
and how much you gave them
