the sun and her flowersĀ āĀ wilting.
these sentences were plucked from rupi kaurās second poetry collection, the sun and her flowers. this sentence meme is part one of five, and includes lines from the first chapter of the sun and her flowersĀ āāāĀ wilting.
ā Ā i have no use for you. ā
āĀ no one is coming in, and no one is going out. ā
ā Ā i deserved someone who was willing to stay. āĀ
ā Ā i attempted to cry you back. āĀ
āĀ you must be on your way. ā
ā Ā i canāt move on. ā
ā Ā it isnāt what we left behind that breaks me. itās what we couldāve built had we stayed. ā
ā Ā do you think flowers will grow here? ā
ā Ā i could be anything in the world, but i wanted to be his. ā
āĀ you break women in like shoes. ā
ā Ā loving you was breathing. āĀ
ā Ā what does love look like? ā
ā Ā i thought love looked so much like you. ā
ā Ā i lost myself to him. āĀ
ā Ā i think love starts here. ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā
āĀ you took the sun with you when you left. ā
ā Ā my wound became your wound. ā
ā Ā love is a double-edged knife. ā
ā Ā your voice alone drives me to tears. ā
ā Ā youāre everywhere except right here and it hurts. ā
ā Ā your absence is a missing limb. ā
ā Ā it must be hard to live with what-ifs. ā
ā Ā how did we live through it? āĀ
āĀ how are we still living? ā Ā Ā
ā Ā donāt you lie to me. ā
ā Ā are you angry with me? ā
āĀ are you okay? would you tell me if youāre not? ā
ā Ā we were good together, werenāt we? āĀ