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17 Of The Best Poems From Rupi Kaur's 'The Sun And Her Flowers'

If you thought Rupi Kaur's first book, "Milk and Honey" was good, you'll love her new book.

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17 Of The Best Poems From Rupi Kaur's 'The Sun And Her Flowers'
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If you thought Rupi Kaur's first book, "Milk and Honey" was good, you'll love her new book.

She recently released her second poetry book titled "The Sun and Her Flowers," which will certainly not disappoint. Here are 17 of the best poems from her new book:

1. “you left and i wanted you still yet i deserved someone who was willing to stay”


2. “day by day i realize everything i miss about you was never there in the first place

-the person i fell in love with was a mirage”


3. “why is it that when the story ends we begin to feel all of it”


4. “a lot of times we are angry at other people for not doing what we should have done for ourselves

-responsibility


5. “tell them i was the warmest place you knew and you turned me cold”


6. “you were mine and my life was full you are no longer mine and my life is full”


7. “you do not just wake up and become the butterfly

-growth is a process”


8.“let it go let it leave let it happen nothing in this world was promised or belonged to you anyway

-all you own is yourself”


9. “wish pure love and soft peace upon the ones who’ve been unkind to you and keep moving forward

-this will free you both”


10. “and here you are living despite it all”


11. “borders are man-made they only divide us physically don’t let them make us turn on each other”


12. “i feel apprehensive cause falling into you means falling out of him and i had not prepared for that”


13. “i do not need the kind of love that is draining i want someone who energizes me”


14. “i will no longer compare my path to others

-i refuse to do a disservice to my life”


15. “learning not to envy someone else’s blessings is what grace looks like”


16. “the day you have everything i hope you remember when you had nothing”


17. “the road to changing the world is never-ending

-pace yourself”

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