I tell the boy in my class that no means no and he laughs in my face – says no means change my mind.
SUMAYA ENYEGUEI poured myself from an empty cup but you weren’t even thirsty.
More Sumaya Enyegue Quotes
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Self Love is just me loving you in reverse.
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Its okay if all you did this year was survive.
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Alone is the safest I have ever felt.
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When a black girl dies; the last thing to decompose is her heart.
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So sick of us calling this ugly feeling grief.
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Sometimes I open my mouth and my mother comes out.
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This body belongs to all those who live in it.
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She spends an eternity as shelter for men who curse her when the storm passes.
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Women like me bleed on command.
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You are a multiple choice exam and I have circled all the wrong answers.
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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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Shame is what happens when you learn self love through people who are difficult to forgive.
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I am always becoming a new tragedy. Trading one torture for another. Forever versatile in this becoming.
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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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