Rupi Kaur describes how performing her poems on stage became healing, similar to publishing Milk and Honey. Sharing her work with an audience releases the weight of her feelings and creates a shared moment where she realizes she is not alone.
Performing these pieces on stage was healing in a way I didn't expect it to be. But like you, I also experienced, like when Milk and Honey came out, it felt like I let go of all this weight I was holding onto. It just sort of left my body. Of course it didn't. It's something that continues to live inside of you, but at least I wasn't holding onto it on my own anymore. And then when I'm performing it and I'm in community with my audiences and they're connecting with it, I feel like In those moments, I was able to exhale because we were exhaling together. And it was like, oh, I'm not alone.
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