Warsan Shire (born 1 August 1988) is a British writer, poet, editor, and teacher who was born to Somali parents in Kenya. In 2013, she was awarded the inaugural Brunel University African Poetry Prize.
My alone feels so good, I'll only have you if you're sweeter than my solitude.
I am a lover without a lover. I am lovely and lonely and I belong deeply to myself.
Being alone has nothing to do with how many people are around.
—Richard Yates in Revolutionary Road