“to fathers with daughters” by rupi kaur

"to fathers with daughters"
“to fathers with daughters” by rupi kaur (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0)

“every time you
tell your daughter
you yell at her
out of love
you teach her to confuse
anger with kindness
which seems like a good idea
till she grows up to
trust men who hurt her
cause they look so much
like you.”

-“to fathers with daughters” by rupi kaur, milk and honey. (@rupikaur_)

rupi kaur was recently featured on Huffington Post: Women in the article “Rupi Kaur: The Poet Every Woman Needs to Read.”