Summary

Kaur’s fourth chapter of poetry begins with the line “on the first day of love,” and is introduced by a drawing of two lovers embracing (155). In the next poem, Kaur addresses her new love, saying “you must remember it too,” and wondering to herself, “are we soul mates?” (156). In her next poem, Kaur confesses she is afraid to fall in love because it means “falling out of” her past lover (157). Kaur then wonders “how do I teach myself / to accept a healthy love / if all I’ve ever known is pain” (158). She then urges her readers to “never feel guilty for starting again” (160).

In “the middle place,” Kaur envisions herself on the middle of a bridge, saying this middle is “the part between them and the next,” which is “an awakening” (161). In the following poem, “a fresh love is a gift,” Kaur remembers...