Paige

“my god
is not waiting inside a church
or sitting above the temple's steps
my god
is the refugee's breath as she's running
is living in the starving child's belly
is the heartbeat of the protest
my god
does not rest between pages
written by holy men
my god
lives between the sweaty thighs
of women's bodies sold for money
was last seen washing the homeless man's feet
my god
is not as unreachable as
they'd like you to think
my god is beating inside us infinitely”
― Rupi Kaur, The Sun and Her Flowers

“the closest thing to god on this earth
is a woman’s body it’s where life comes from
and to have a grown man tell me something
so powerful at such a young age
changed me to see the entire universe
rested at my mother’s feet”
― Rupi Kaur, Milk and Honey

“you break women in like shoes”
― Rupi Kaur, The Sun and Her Flowers

“you were mine
and my life was full
you are no longer mine
and my life
is full”
― Rupi Kaur, The Sun and Her Flowers