Black don’t crack: It does bruise, though. It does rupture into a new sky.
SUMAYA ENYEGUEI keep making art out of his mistakes.
More Sumaya Enyegue Quotes
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We romanticize trauma so much that we have stopped trying to prevent it and started smiling at all the scars it leaves.
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Do girls really mature faster than boys or are you looking for a way to sexualize young girls without feeling guilty about it?
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I am always becoming a new tragedy. Trading one torture for another. Forever versatile in this becoming.
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As you buy tampons you will be hit with the realization that you’re still paying in blood.
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I tell the boy in my class that no means no and he laughs in my face – says no means change my mind.
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When a black girl dies; the last thing to decompose is her heart.
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My love language is saying no and having them listen to me.
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I poured myself from an empty cup but you weren’t even thirsty.
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You are a multiple choice exam and I have circled all the wrong answers.
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Of all the things I had to endure, you were my favorite obstacle.
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Loving you and leaving you taste the same in the mouth?
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Did our fathers create silence or is it that what makes them our fathers?
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I never wanted to be so alone that all I have is you.
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Brown girls are not band aids for your pain.
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Sometimes the thing that destroys you also kisses you on the forehead.
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