The Woman You Broke

Marie-Ange Nouroumby
40 Words A Woman
Published in
Jul 20, 2024

You broke me.

To endure

Everything but love.

My friend.

You feasted on my body,

Paying my soul no mind.

Awkward and on edge

You felt like death.

And ash.

Distasteful and disgraceful.

Full of death and lies.

No shoulders.

No backbone.

No value.

No hero.

The woman you broke is now unbreakable.

By James Freeman

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Marie-Ange Nouroumby
40 Words A Woman

“I am the story”. Senior Millennial. French Black Woman. African Immigrant First-Born Daughter.