Rupi Kaur

the problem was
you were so enough
he was not able to carry it

it means nothing to me if he loves you if he can’t do a single wretched thing about it

you were temptingly beautiful
but stung when i got close

you’d rather have the
darkest parts of him
than have nothing

more than anything
i want to save you
from myself

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

we began
with honesty
let us end
in it too
- us

people go
but how
they left
always stays

i am losing parts of you like i lose eyelashes
unknowingly and everywhere

you cannot leave
and have me too
i cannot exist in
two places at once