You are something I am trying to love; Not something I am trying to survive.
SUMAYA ENYEGUEShame is what happens when you learn self love through people who are difficult to forgive.
More Sumaya Enyegue Quotes
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Sometimes the thing that destroys you also kisses you on the forehead.
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The feminine urge to stay safe.
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Of all the things I had to endure, you were my favorite obstacle.
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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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These hands keep a score of everything.
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Sometimes I open my mouth and my mother comes out.
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If home is where the heart is, then I don’t know where to go.
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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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I am tired of only being loved in theory.
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There is a girl on fire a woman choking a body walking into the ocean and they all have my face. They all have my heart because I give that away so easily.
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My love language is saying no and having them listen to me.
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She spends an eternity as shelter for men who curse her when the storm passes.
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The last person I adored made me cry and then tenderly wiped the tears off my face. It was the only lesson that taught me; you can love someone and still do horrible, cruel things to them.
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I keep making art out of his mistakes.
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