This week in Daak: 1. Ghosts of Lovers Past: Gieve Patel’s Poem, Licence 2. A reminder of strength and positivity 3. Daak Recommends 1. Ghosts of Lovers Past: Gieve Patel’s Poem, Licence Often, the biggest impediment to love is the lovers’ past: the simmering envy of the intimacy our partner has shared with another and the irrational fear that the love they give us, is somehow, only a fraction of what has already been squandered on another.
I'm glad this poem slid into my mails, it is hauntingly beautiful. Thank you, Daak!