The feminine urge to stay safe.
SUMAYA ENYEGUEDid our fathers create silence or is it that what makes them our fathers?
More Sumaya Enyegue Quotes
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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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Sometimes I open my mouth and my mother comes out.
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I poured myself from an empty cup but you weren’t even thirsty.
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Are you native to the land you are spilling blood on?
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This body belongs to all those who live in it.
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You are something I am trying to love; Not something I am trying to survive.
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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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Healing can look a lot like violence.
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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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Love is more thicker than forget.
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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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Heaven is not something you need to die to get to.
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Black don’t crack: It does bruise, though. It does rupture into a new sky.
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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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