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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.
Sumaya EnyegueSumaya Enyegue I am tired of only being loved in theory.
Sumaya EnyegueSumaya Enyegue Her body is a undiscovered country and she is afraid that someone will colonize it and expect her to thank them for the wreckage.
Sumaya EnyegueSumaya Enyegue You are something I am trying to love; Not something I am trying to survive.
Sumaya EnyegueSumaya Enyegue When will I realize the absence of hate is not love?
Sumaya EnyegueSumaya 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 EnyegueSumaya Enyegue Loving you and leaving you taste the same in the mouth?
Sumaya EnyegueSumaya Enyegue Women like me bleed on command.
Sumaya EnyegueSumaya Enyegue This body belongs to all those who live in it.
Sumaya EnyegueSumaya Enyegue The only difference between a mother and her daughter is how long they’ve lived with the trauma.
Sumaya EnyegueSumaya Enyegue I never wanted to be so alone that all I have is you.
Sumaya EnyegueSumaya Enyegue Did our fathers create silence or is it that what makes them our fathers?
Sumaya EnyegueSumaya Enyegue Do girls really mature faster than boys or are you looking for a way to sexualize young girls without feeling guilty about it?
Sumaya EnyegueSumaya Enyegue I know I’m difficult to love but I’m going to need you to love me anyway.
Sumaya EnyegueSumaya Enyegue I keep making art out of his mistakes.
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