The last person I adored made me cry and then tenderly wiped the tears off my face. It was the only lesson that taught me; you can love someone and still do horrible, cruel things to them.
SUMAYA ENYEGUEYou are a multiple choice exam and I have circled all the wrong answers.
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Can we just pretend we are wanted?
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Heaven is not something you need to die to get to.
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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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I am just a bunch of bad decisions glued together.
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Brown girls are not band aids for your pain.
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You are a multiple choice exam and I have circled all the wrong answers.
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Sometimes the thing that destroys you also kisses you on the forehead.
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Sometimes I open my mouth and my mother comes out.
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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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This body belongs to all those who live in it.
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Women like me bleed on command.
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Shame is what happens when you learn self love through people who are difficult to forgive.
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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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Healing can look a lot like violence.
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You come here trying to make a meal out of me? I will eat you alive.
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