It is impossible to say that mom is afraid or loves her father. It's so similar.
Father. You always call to say nothing in particular. You ask what i’m doing or where i am and when the silence stretches like a lifetime between us i scramble to find questions to keep the conversation going. What i long to say most is. I understand this world broke you. It has been so hard on your feet. I don’t blame you for not knowing how to remain soft with me. Sometimes i stay up thinking of all the places you are hurting which you’ll never care to mention. I come from the same aching blood. From the same bone so desperate for attention i collapse in on myself. I am your daughter. I know the small talk is the only way you know how to tell me you love me. Cause it is the only way i know how to tell you.
You tell me to quiet down cause
My opinions make me less beautiful
But i was not made with a fire in my belly
So i could be put out
I was not made with a lightness on my tongue
So i could be easy to swallow
I was made heavy
Half blade and half silk
Difficult to forget and not easy
For the mind to follow
A daughter should
Not have to
Beg her father
For a relationship
The idea that we are
So capable of love
But still choose
To be toxic
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