Abbie Bergested

“trying to convince myself
i am allowed
to take up space
is like writing with
my left hand
when i was born
to use my right”
― Rupi Kaur, Milk and Honey

“your body
is a museum
of natural disasters
can you grasp how
stunning that is”
― Rupi Kaur, Milk and honey

“if you were born with
the weakness to fall
you were born with
the strength to rise”
― Rupi Kaur, Milk and Honey

“how. did i sit here soaking in the idea that no one else would love me that way. when it was i that taught you. when it was i that showed you how to fill. the way i needed to be filled. how cruel i was to myself. giving you credit for my warmth simply because you had felt it. thinking it was you who gave me strength. wit. beauty. simply because you recognized it. as if i was already not these things before i met you. as if i did not remain all these once you left.”
― Rupi Kaur, Milk and Honey