To Better Days...

It has been a long time since I last posted here. It seems like forever!!! (LOL). Actually, I had planned to post this last March but I wasn't able to get hold of my schedule that time. Last April, I also got lazy to write about the latest happenings in my life, for reasons I'm not yet confident to share here or to anybody (well, except to my family and closest friends). Let's just call it my leap of absurdity, in a good way. One thing is for sure, if that one thing will be given to me, I might not be able to regularly post here because of even busier scheds. But worry not, I will try my best to manage my time wisely and productively.

The book I was holding is entitled "Milk and Honey" by Rupi Kaur. It took me a year to find and buy this book since once the stocks are available, the books will be sold out instantly within a week. As a matter of fact, the day that I saw it in the bookstore, I wasn't really planning to spend money on anything. However, because I'm an impulsive buyer, I rushed to the nearest ATM and never hesitated in bringing it home with me. So here I am, glad to share with you guys my favorite poems inside this mind-opener piece of literature.

The Hurting

"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 of heavy

half blade and half silk

difficult to forget and not easy

for the mind to follow"

The Loving

"love will come

and when love comes

love will hold you

love will call your name

and you will melt

sometimes though

love will hurt you but

love will never mean to

love will play no games

cause love knows life

has been hard enough already"

The Breaking

"did you think I was a city

big enough for a weekend getaway

I am town surrounding it

the one you'd never heard of

but always pass through

there are no neon lights here

no skycrapers or statues

but there is thunder

for I make bridges tremble

I am not street meat I am homemade jam

thick enough to cut the sweetest

thing you lips will touch

I am not police sirens

I am the crackle of a fireplace

I'd burn you and still

couldn't take your eyes off me

cause I'd look so beautiful doing it

you'd blush

I am not a hotel room I am home

I am not the whiskey you want

I am the water you need

don't come here with expectations

and try to make a vacation out of me"

The Healing

"I wan to apologize to all the woman

I have called pretty 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 when your

spirit has crushed mountains

from now on I will say things like

you are resilient or you are extraordinary

not because I don't think you're pretty

but because you are so much more than that"

I admire how Rupi Kaur constructed every sentence and how she puts her experiences as inspiration and motivation to write. I love how she divided the contents into four parts which are obviously the feelings she knew that her readers can relate to. As I get to know more about Rupi, it really amazes me how one's awful past could turn into something wonderful and worth reading for. I guess we all have read books with the same concept—heartbreaking yet loaded with thoughts we, readers, are just about to realize. We may not always see how fortunate we are because in today's technologies, we can easily get what we want. We may not always recognize that every time we complain, there are thousands of people die from hunger, abuse, or flagitious crime. Everything is unpredictable. That is why, whenever possible, each of us must take time to really value our friends and loved ones. After finishing Milk and Honey, I have realized that I had to use my time, and emotions in the best and most influential way.

The world we live in is indeed not a haven. We have no guarantee of satisfaction in every actions made. Nevertheless, in spite of the cruelties happening around us, each of us can contribute in making more better days if we would just cooperate and unite. But, this is possible only if we are willing for this change. It will start on forgiving and appreciating others, and ourselves. Love should always prevail.

To read more about Rupi Kaur, click here.

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