Women like me bleed on command.
SUMAYA ENYEGUEThere 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.
More Sumaya Enyegue Quotes
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Brown girls are not band aids for your pain.
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You come here trying to make a meal out of me? I will eat you alive.
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Can we just pretend we are wanted?
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Heaven is not something you need to die to get to.
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Did our fathers create silence or is it that what makes them our fathers?
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It is terrifying to wonder whether that person you love is a walking red flag or a white flag of surrender dipped in your own blood.
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Are you native to the land you are spilling blood on?
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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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Black don’t crack: It does bruise, though. It does rupture into a new sky.
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She spends an eternity as shelter for men who curse her when the storm passes.
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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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My love language is saying no and having them listen to me.
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Sometimes I open my mouth and my mother comes out.
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I keep making art out of his mistakes.
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Sometimes the thing that destroys you also kisses you on the forehead.
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