So sick of us calling this ugly feeling grief.
SUMAYA ENYEGUEWhen a black girl dies; the last thing to decompose is her heart.
More Sumaya Enyegue Quotes
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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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Brown girls are not band aids for your pain.
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You are something I am trying to love; Not something I am trying to survive.
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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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I know I’m difficult to love but I’m going to need you to love me anyway.
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You are a multiple choice exam and I have circled all the wrong answers.
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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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I am tired of only being loved in theory.
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Black don’t crack: It does bruise, though. It does rupture into a new sky.
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Nothing worth keeping has ever wanted me back.
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She spends an eternity as shelter for men who curse her when the storm passes.
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Healing can look a lot like violence.
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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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Self Love is just me loving you in reverse.
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