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grieve. so that you can be free to feel something else.


Nayyirah Waheed

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so can you.
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this means
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leaves you starving.
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like
you expect rain.
both,
cleanse you.
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NAYYIRAH WAHEED but this was never a relationship. i have no idea who you are.
NAYYIRAH WAHEED put some honey and sea
water by your bed.
acknowledge. that your being needs sweetness
NAYYIRAH WAHEED leaving. doesn’t mean that you’ve left.
NAYYIRAH WAHEED i have always been the woman of my dreams.
NAYYIRAH WAHEED there are feelings. you haven’t felt yet. give them time. they are almost here. – fresh
NAYYIRAH WAHEED listen to my poems
but do not look for me
look for you.
NAYYIRAH WAHEED go.
enjoy.
leave.
it was all about you, anyway.
NAYYIRAH WAHEED No’ might make them angry but it will make you free.
NAYYIRAH WAHEED Just because someone desires you, it does not mean that they value you.


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NAYYIRAH WAHEED you
not wanting me
was
the beginning of me
wanting myself
thank you
NAYYIRAH WAHEED i knew you
before
i met you.
i’ve known you my whole life.
NAYYIRAH WAHEED i don't pay attention to the
world ending.
it has ended for me
many times
and be...
NAYYIRAH WAHEED there is you and you.
this is a relationship.
this is the most important relationship.
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NAYYIRAH WAHEED i am mine.
before i am ever anyone else's.
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is the fire leaving my body.
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if
the ocean
can calm itself,
so can you.
we
are both
salt water ...
NAYYIRAH WAHEED never
trust anyone
who says
they do not see color.
this means
to them,...
NAYYIRAH WAHEED Desire is the kind of thing that
eats you
and
leaves you starving.
NAYYIRAH WAHEED If someone does not want me it is not the end of the world. But if I do not want me, the world is no...
NAYYIRAH WAHEED it was only and ever love.
NAYYIRAH WAHEED i think one of the most pathological things i have ever seen is stabbing someone and then telling th...
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NAYYIRAH WAHEED expect sadness
like
you expect rain.
both,
cleanse you.
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NAYYIRAH WAHEED but this was never a relationship. i have no idea who you are.
NAYYIRAH WAHEED put some honey and sea
water by your bed.
acknowledge. that your being needs sweetness
NAYYIRAH WAHEED leaving. doesn’t mean that you’ve left.
NAYYIRAH WAHEED i have always been the woman of my dreams.
NAYYIRAH WAHEED there are feelings. you haven’t felt yet. give them time. they are almost here. – fresh
NAYYIRAH WAHEED listen to my poems
but do not look for me
look for you.
NAYYIRAH WAHEED go.
enjoy.
leave.
it was all about you, anyway.
NAYYIRAH WAHEED Chemistry is you touching my arm and it setting fire to my mind"
Nayyirah Waheed
NAYYIRAH WAHEED No’ might make them angry but it will make you free.
NAYYIRAH WAHEED Just because someone desires you, it does not mean that they value you.


Read it ove...
NAYYIRAH WAHEED you
not wanting me
was
the beginning of me
wanting myself
thank you
NAYYIRAH WAHEED i knew you
before
i met you.
i’ve known you my whole life.
NAYYIRAH WAHEED i don't pay attention to the
world ending.
it has ended for me
many times
and be...
NAYYIRAH WAHEED there is you and you.
this is a relationship.
this is the most important relationship.
NAYYIRAH WAHEED the first time the caregiver saw it on the child. they said ‘no. don’t you dare. you will not gr...
NAYYIRAH WAHEED i am mine.
before i am ever anyone else's.
NAYYIRAH WAHEED do not choose the lesser life. do you hear me. do you hear me. choose the life that is. yours. the l...
NAYYIRAH WAHEED poetry.
is the fire leaving my body.
NAYYIRAH WAHEED We are in limbo. What happens next? Until they make the new city the government must give us earthqu...
ABDUL WAHEED We are in limbo. What happens next?
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WAHEED KHALID Things happen for a reason; and the reason is hidden
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