All I have are the memories and all they do is haunt me.
SUMAYA ENYEGUEAll I have are the memories and all they do is haunt me.
SUMAYA ENYEGUEAs you buy tampons you will be hit with the realization that you’re still paying in blood.
SUMAYA ENYEGUESometimes I open my mouth and my mother comes out.
SUMAYA ENYEGUEAre you native to the land you are spilling blood on?
SUMAYA ENYEGUEWe romanticize trauma so much that we have stopped trying to prevent it and started smiling at all the scars it leaves.
SUMAYA ENYEGUEI poured myself from an empty cup but you weren’t even thirsty.
SUMAYA ENYEGUEWhen a black girl dies; the last thing to decompose is her heart.
SUMAYA ENYEGUESo sick of us calling this ugly feeling grief.
SUMAYA ENYEGUEIts okay if all you did this year was survive.
SUMAYA ENYEGUEWhen will I realize the absence of hate is not love?
SUMAYA ENYEGUEI am just a bunch of bad decisions glued together.
SUMAYA ENYEGUEYou look most like your father when you smile. It’s your ultimate betrayal.
SUMAYA ENYEGUENothing worth keeping has ever wanted me back.
SUMAYA ENYEGUEBrown girls are not band aids for your pain.
SUMAYA ENYEGUEOf all the things I had to endure, you were my favorite obstacle.
SUMAYA ENYEGUEThese hands keep a score of everything.
SUMAYA ENYEGUE