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.
SUMAYA ENYEGUESometimes I open my mouth and my mother comes out.
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She spends an eternity as shelter for men who curse her when the storm passes.
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Did our fathers create silence or is it that what makes them our fathers?
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Brown girls are not band aids for your pain.
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Women like me bleed on command.
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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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You look most like your father when you smile. It’s your ultimate betrayal.
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Of all the things I had to endure, you were my favorite obstacle.
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Its okay if all you did this year was survive.
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I keep making art out of his mistakes.
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Loving you and leaving you taste the same in the mouth?
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Heaven is not something you need to die to get to.
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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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You are not a dead thing. Stop acting like one.
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I never wanted to be so alone that all I have is you.
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I poured myself from an empty cup but you weren’t even thirsty.
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