Her body is a undiscovered country and she is afraid that someone will colonize it and expect her to thank them for the wreckage.
SUMAYA ENYEGUEBrown girls are not band aids for your pain.
More Sumaya Enyegue Quotes
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If home is where the heart is, then I don’t know where to go.
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When a black girl dies; the last thing to decompose is her heart.
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The only difference between a mother and her daughter is how long they’ve lived with the trauma.
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Can we just pretend we are wanted?
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These hands keep a score of everything.
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I never wanted to be so alone that all I have is you.
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Love is more thicker than forget.
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Women like me bleed on command.
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So sick of us calling this ugly feeling grief.
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Black don’t crack: It does bruise, though. It does rupture into a new sky.
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Loving you and leaving you taste the same in the mouth?
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Of all the things I had to endure, you were my favorite obstacle.
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I am tired of only being loved in theory.
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All I have are the memories and all they do is haunt me.
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You come here trying to make a meal out of me? I will eat you alive.
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