8 POEMS OF LOVE AND HEALING BY RUPI KAUR
Rupi Kaur’s poetry is known for its raw honesty, emotional depth, and themes of love, healing, trauma, and self-empowerment. Here are eight poems (or excerpts) from her collections Milk and Honey and The Sun and Her Flowers that resonate with love and healing:
1. "you must want to spend the rest of your life with yourself first" (Milk and Honey)
"how you love yourself is
how you teach others
to love you"
(A reminder that healing begins with self-love.)
2. "i am water" (Milk and Honey)
"of course i am not perfect
but i am
soft
and
strong
and
full of contradictions
like the ocean
i am not asking you
to drink me up"
(A poem about self-acceptance and resilience.)
3. "you are the sun and the moon" (The Sun and Her Flowers)
"you are your own soulmate
you don’t need another
to complete the puzzle
you are the whole picture"
(A celebration of wholeness and self-sufficiency in love.)
4. "what is stronger" (Milk and Honey)
"what is stronger
than the human heart
which shatters over and over
and still lives"
(A testament to resilience after heartbreak.)
5. "acceptance" (The Sun and Her Flowers)
"you have been at war
with yourself
for years
it is time
to declare peace"
(A call to self-forgiveness and healing.)
6. "the right one" (Milk and Honey)
"if you were born with
the weakness to fall
you were born with
the strength to rise"
(A hopeful reminder that pain is not permanent.)
7. "growth" (The Sun and Her Flowers)
"it takes grace
to remain kind
in cruel situations"
(A note on choosing love over bitterness.)
8. "self-love" (Milk and Honey)
"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 the most you have to be proud of"
(A poem about valuing inner strength over superficial beauty.)
Rupi Kaur’s words often serve as gentle yet powerful reminders that healing is nonlinear, self-love is revolutionary, and love—in all its forms—can be both painful and transformative.
