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.
SUMAYA ENYEGUELoving you and leaving you taste the same in the mouth?
More Sumaya Enyegue Quotes
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I am tired of only being loved in theory.
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I wish I was as good at love as I am at falling apart.
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You come here trying to make a meal out of me? I will eat you alive.
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She spends an eternity as shelter for men who curse her when the storm passes.
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If home is where the heart is, then I don’t know where to go.
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Shame is what happens when you learn self love through people who are difficult to forgive.
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Nothing worth keeping has ever wanted me back.
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Women like me bleed on command.
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I poured myself from an empty cup but you weren’t even thirsty.
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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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These hands keep a score of everything.
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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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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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So sick of us calling this ugly feeling grief.
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