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Make peace with your body, it's not manmade, there are no flaws, there are no mistakes.

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Warsan Shire
Age: 36
Born: 1988
Born: January 1
Poet
Writer
Republic of Kenya
Body
Make
Manmade
Flaws
Mistakes
Mistake
Peace

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Mother says there are locked rooms inside all women, kitchen of love, bedroom of grief, bathroom of apathy. Sometimes, the men, they come with keys, and sometimes the men, they come with hammers.
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My alone feels so good, I'll only have you if you're sweeter than my solitude.
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I have my mother’s mouth and my father’s eyes on my face they are still together.
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Two people who were once very close can without blame or grand betrayal become strangers. Perhaps this is the saddest thing in the world.
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Sad people have the gift of time, while the world dizzies everyone else they remain stagnant, their bodies refusing to follow pace with the universe. With these kind of people everything aches for too long, everything moves without rush, wounds are always wet.
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At the end of the day, it isn’t where I came from. Maybe home is somewhere I’m going and never have been before.
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And you tried to change, didn't you? Closed your mouth more. Tried to be softer, prettier, less volatile, less awake... You can't make homes out of human beings. Someone should have already told you that. And if he wants to leave, then let him leave. You are terrifying, and strange, and beautiful. Something not everyone knows how to love.
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Apathy is the same as war, it all kills you, she says. Slow like cancer in the breast or fast like a machete in the neck.
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You can't make homes out of human beings.
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With you, intimacy colors my voice. Even 'hello' sounds like 'come here'.
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My favourite people, biggest inspirations and closest friends are all women. Not a coincidence.
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How far have you walked for men who've never held your feet in their laps?
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To my daughter I will say, ‘when the men come, set yourself on fire.’
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I tore up and ate my own passport in an airport hotel once. I'm bloated with language I can’t afford to forget.
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Make love like you have no secrets like you've never been left never been hurt like the world don't owe you a single wretched thing.
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Every mouth you’ve ever kissed was just practice. All the bodies you’ve ever undressed and ploughed in to were preparing you for me. I don’t mind tasting them in the memory of your mouth. Was it a long journey? Did it take you long to find me? You’re here now, welcome home.
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You are terrifying, and strange, and beautiful. Something not everyone knows how to love.
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The ego hurts you like this: you become obsessed with the one person who does not love you. blind to the rest who do.
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I’m overwhelmed. My biggest downfall is my brightest blessing, I feel too much, all the time. Ya Allah, if it’ll keep my heart soft, break my heart every day.
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Give your daughters difficult names. Give your daughters names that command the full use of the tongue. My name makes you want to tell me the truth. My name doesn't allow me to trust anyone that cannot pronounce it right.
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