running to stand still

September 28th, 2016

04:07 pm

i want to apologize to all the women i have called beautiful
before i’ve called them intelligent or brave
i am sorry i made it sound as though
something as simple as what you’re born with
is all you have to be proud of
when you have broken mountains with your wit 
from now on i will say things like
you are resilient, or you are extraordinary
not because i don’t think you’re beautiful
but because i need you to know
you are more than that

// rupi kaur

09:45 pm

Did you think i was a city big enough for a weekend getaway?
I am the town surrounding it,
the one you've never heard of
but always pass through
There are no neon lights here,
no skyscrapers or statues
but there is thunder,
for i make bridges tremble
I am not street meat i am homemade jam
thick enough to cut the sweetest
thing your lips will touch
I am not police sirens, i am the crackle in a fireplace
I'd burn you and you still
couldn't take your eyes off me
cause i'd look so beautiful doing it
you'd blush
I am not a hotel room i am home
I am not the whiskey you want
i'm the water you need
Don't come here with expectations
and try to make a vacation out of me

// rupi kaur
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