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I want to love, but my hair smells of war and running and running.

Warsan Shire

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Warsan Shire
Age: 36
Born: 1988
Born: January 1
Poet
Writer
Republic of Kenya
Hair
War
Running
Love
Smells
Smell

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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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I won't glorify or romanticise heartbreak, for me it was a kind of death and I was forced to keep living.
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Your mouth is a lonely place but I keep coming back.
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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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My alone feels so good, I'll only have you if you're sweeter than my solitude.
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I tend to the wound so often, it never heals.
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There is no intimacy like that between two women who have chosen to be sisters.
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Later that night, I held an atlas on my lap, ran my fingers across the whole world, and whispered, ‘where does it hurt?’ It answered, everywhere, everywhere, everywhere.
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Light attracts light. But sometimes your light attracts moths and your warmth attracts parasites. Protect your space and energy
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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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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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To my daughter I will say, ‘when the men come, set yourself on fire.’
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We took such care of tomorrow, but died on the way there.
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My favourite people, biggest inspirations and closest friends are all women. Not a coincidence.
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With you, intimacy colors my voice. Even 'hello' sounds like 'come here'.
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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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Make peace with your body, it's not manmade, there are no flaws, there are no mistakes.
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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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