Her body is a undiscovered country and she is afraid that someone will colonize it and expect her to thank them for the wreckage.
SUMAYA ENYEGUEIts okay if all you did this year was survive.
More Sumaya Enyegue Quotes
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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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Women like me bleed on command.
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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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When a black girl dies; the last thing to decompose is her heart.
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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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This body belongs to all those who live in it.
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Self Love is just me loving you in reverse.
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Brown girls are not band aids for your pain.
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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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The feminine urge to stay safe.
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Sometimes the thing that destroys you also kisses you on the forehead.
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My love language is saying no and having them listen to me.
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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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You come here trying to make a meal out of me? I will eat you alive.
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I keep making art out of his mistakes.
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Shame is what happens when you learn self love through people who are difficult to forgive.
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Did our fathers create silence or is it that what makes them our fathers?
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I never wanted to be so alone that all I have is you.
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These hands keep a score of everything.
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You look most like your father when you smile. It’s your ultimate betrayal.
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Can we just pretend we are wanted?
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Of all the things I had to endure, you were my favorite obstacle.
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Nothing worth keeping has ever wanted me back.
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You are not a dead thing. Stop acting like one.
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