Rupi Kaur

your name is
the strongest
positive and negative
connotation in any language
it either lights me up or
leaves me aching for days

you might not have been my first love
but you were the love that made
all the other loves
irrevelant

the very thought of you
has my legs spread apart
like an easel with a canvas
begging for art

i've seen you in my mother's eyes
when she tells me to marry the type
of man i'd want to raise my son to be like

you have sadness
living in places
sadness shouldn't live

the rape will
tear you
in half

but it
will not
end you

sex takes the consent of two
if one person is lying there not doing anything
cause they are not ready
or not in the mood
or simply don't want to
yet the other is having sex
with their body it's not love
it is rape

She was a rose
in the hands of those
who had no intention
of keeping her

Tu dois commencer une relation avec toi avant quiconque

tu enroules mes cheveux
autour de tes doigts
et tires doucement
c'est ta façon
de faire de la musique
avec mes notes

je tressaille quand tu me touches
j'ai peur que ce soit lui

Ça doit faire mal de savoir
que je suis ton
plus beau
regret

Tu m'as touchée
sans même
me toucher

"Que suis-je pour toi" me demande-t-il je pose mes mains sur ses genoux et murmure "tu es tout l'espoir que j'ai jamais eu sous forme humaine"

Love will come
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 play no games
Cause love knows life
Has been hard enough already

I am ready for you
I have always
Been
Ready for you

-the first time

Nothing is safer
Than the sound of you
Reading out loud to me

-the perfect date

What am I to you he asks
I put my hands in his lap
And whisper you
Are every hope
I've never had
In human form

I struggle so deeply
To understand
How someone can
Pour their entire soul
Blood and energy
Into someone
Without wanting
Anything in
Return

He guts her
With his fingers
Like he's scaring
The inside of a
Cantaloupe clean