Can we just pretend we are wanted?
SUMAYA ENYEGUESometimes the thing that destroys you also kisses you on the forehead.
More Sumaya Enyegue Quotes
-
-
I am just a bunch of bad decisions glued together.
SUMAYA ENYEGUE -
Nothing worth keeping has ever wanted me back.
SUMAYA ENYEGUE -
When a black girl dies; the last thing to decompose is her heart.
SUMAYA ENYEGUE -
Its okay if all you did this year was survive.
SUMAYA ENYEGUE -
If home is where the heart is, then I don’t know where to go.
SUMAYA ENYEGUE -
I tell the boy in my class that no means no and he laughs in my face – says no means change my mind.
SUMAYA ENYEGUE -
I know I’m difficult to love but I’m going to need you to love me anyway.
SUMAYA ENYEGUE -
Did our fathers create silence or is it that what makes them our fathers?
SUMAYA ENYEGUE -
Are you native to the land you are spilling blood on?
SUMAYA ENYEGUE -
Shame is what happens when you learn self love through people who are difficult to forgive.
SUMAYA ENYEGUE -
Black don’t crack: It does bruise, though. It does rupture into a new sky.
SUMAYA ENYEGUE -
When will I realize the absence of hate is not love?
SUMAYA ENYEGUE -
I poured myself from an empty cup but you weren’t even thirsty.
SUMAYA ENYEGUE -
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.
SUMAYA ENYEGUE -
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 ENYEGUE