“be softer with you. you are a breathing thing. a memory to someone. a home to a life.” — Nayyirah Waheed Copy Share Image
“i am simply the poet. the poem is the one that can change your life. – medium” — Nayyirah Waheed Copy Share Image
“If someone does not want me it is not the end of the world. But if I do not want me, the… — Nayyirah Waheed Copy Share Image
“I want to live so densely. lush. and slow in the next few years, that a year becomes ten years, and my… — Nayyirah Waheed Copy Share Image
“if a man can only show vulnerability for what is between my legs. can only be a heart during sex. if an… — Nayyirah Waheed Copy Share Image
“the truth is you were born for you. you were wanted by you. you came for you. you are here for you.… — Nayyirah Waheed Copy Share Image
“islam. is still in my life. we are old soulmates. who could not work out the knots against skin. who could not… — Nayyirah Waheed Copy Share Image
“i will tell you, my daughter of your worth not your beauty every day. (your beauty is a given. every being is… — Nayyirah Waheed Copy Share Image
“i do not expect my child’s respect. just because i have given birth to their life. does not mean they owe me.… — Nayyirah Waheed Copy Share Image
“creativity keeps the world alive, yet, everyday we are asked to be ashamed of honoring it, wanting to live our lives as… — Nayyirah Waheed Copy Share Image
“i am trying to remember you and let you go at the same time. — the mourn” — Nayyirah Waheed Copy Share
“there are feelings. you haven’t felt yet. give them time. they are almost here. – fresh” — Nayyirah Waheed Copy Share
“to be waterdrugged into rejecting the nuances of my own bursting extraordinary self. and to have this be called education.” — Nayyirah Waheed Copy Share
“when you meet that person. a person. one of your soulmates. let the connection. relationship. be what it is. it may be five mins.… — Nayyirah Waheed Copy Share
“fell apart many times. so. what does that say about me besides i live through wars.” — Nayyirah Waheed Copy Share
“stay is a sensitive word. we wear who stayed and who left in our skin forever” — Nayyirah Waheed Copy Share
“black women breathe flowers, too. just because we are taught to grow them in the lining of our quiet (our grandmothers secret) does nor… — Nayyirah Waheed Copy Share
“sometimes the beauty of my people is so thick and intricate. i spend days trying to undo my eyes so i can sleep.” — nayyirah waheed Copy Share
“the truth is you were born for you. you were wanted by you. you came for you. you are here for you. your existence… — Nayyirah Waheed Copy Share
