When a black girl dies; the last thing to decompose is her heart.
SUMAYA ENYEGUEI am always becoming a new tragedy. Trading one torture for another. Forever versatile in this becoming.
More Sumaya Enyegue Quotes
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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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Are you native to the land you are spilling blood on?
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You are something I am trying to love; Not something I am trying to survive.
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When will I realize the absence of hate is not love?
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Sometimes I open my mouth and my mother comes out.
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I keep making art out of his mistakes.
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Did our fathers create silence or is it that what makes them our fathers?
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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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The only difference between a mother and her daughter is how long they’ve lived with the trauma.
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Her body is a undiscovered country and she is afraid that someone will colonize it and expect her to thank them for the wreckage.
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All I have are the memories and all they do is haunt me.
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Nothing worth keeping has ever wanted me back.
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Brown girls are not band aids for your pain.
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I poured myself from an empty cup but you weren’t even thirsty.
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