Warsan means "good news" and Shire means "to gather in one place". My parents named me after my father's mother, my grandmother. Growing up, I absolutely wanted a name that was easier to pronounce, more common, prettier. But then I grew up and understood the power of a name, the beauty that comes in understanding how your name has affected who you are.

My heart is a flower blossoming out of my mouth.

I am a lover without a lover. I am lovely and lonely and I belong deeply to myself.

You are terrifying, and strange, and beautiful. Something not everyone knows how to love.

Perhaps, the problem is not the intensity of your love, but the quality of the people you are loving.

Make love like you have no secrets like you've never been left never been hurt like the world don't owe you a single wretched thing.

Warsan means "good news" and Shire means "to gather in one place". My parents named me after my father's mother, my grandmother. Growing up, I absolutely wanted a name that was easier to pronounce, more common, prettier. But then I grew up and understood the power of a name, the beauty that comes in understanding how your name has affected who you are.