Milk and Honey - Rupi Kaur

This is a really beautifully written and illustrated book of poetry.  From the description of the book:

milk and honey is a
collection of poetry about
love
loss
trauma
abuse
healing
and femininity
it is split into four chapters
each chapter serves a different purpose
deals with a different pain
heals a different heartache
milk and honey takes readers through
a journey of the most bitter moments in life
and finds sweetness in them
because there is sweetness in everywhere
if you are just willing to look

This book was so different from what I typically read (especially as I read it in between reading Bill Nye's highly scientific book), that I really, really enjoyed it.

Here is a passage that I really enjoyed:

"you said.  if it is meant to be.  fate will bring us back together.  for a second i wonder if you are really that naive.  if you really believe fate works like that.  as if it lives in the sky staring down at us.  as if it has five fingers and spends its time placing us like pieces of chess.  as if it is not the choices we make.   who taught you that.  tell me.  who convinced you.  you've been given a heart and a mind that isn't yours to use.  that your actions do not define what will become of you.  i want to scream and shout it's us you fool.  we're the only ones that can bring us back together.  but instead i sit quietly.  smiling softly through quivering lips thinking.  isn't it such a tragic thing.  when you can see it so clearly but the other person doesn't."


I will definitely read this again.