Key Ballah Quotes & Sayings

I pray that I can teach you that beauty is subjective; — Key Ballah

Touch all of your scars and remember their birthdays, remind yourself how far you've come. — Key Ballah

When someone tells you that you're emotional, thank them. Thank them for recognizing the part in you that recognizes God. — Key Ballah

If you do not feel comfortable somewhere, leave.
It is not rude,
you are not wrong.
There is no such thing as manners when
your gut is telling you to get out!
I wish my mother had taught me this,
I would have seen so much more of the world by now. — Key Ballah

You grew between the cracks of my skin, I built you, cell by cell, over nine full moons, a flower grown from blood. — Key Ballah

When he touches you like you are the last person he will ever touch. When he runs you through his fingers with every bit of tenderness he can flesh out of his bones. When he says your name like tidal waves and kisses you like a midnight in July. Hold him close, project your thanks to the heavens, and find what you've been waiting for in the closeness of your skin. — Key Ballah

I will lead an exodus with my lips, and soothe the hearts of my lovers with my tongue. I will never cry wolf, trust me. — Key Ballah

After him I learned, that sometimes, it takes two men to do, the work of one woman. — Key Ballah

Don't be concerned with other women's beauty. Only admire God's amazing work and wish them well., this earth was made to bite us in half and grind us to bone, but we were made to be kind. — Key Ballah

Have you ever looked at your body without the lens of your colonized mind? — Key Ballah

the moon is crying she is missing her other half. — Key Ballah

Why he's committed to leaving but not committed to you. Ask him why you never feel like you can ask him these things? Why he gets to live weightless, while you live shoulder deep inside him. — Key Ballah

wishing my hair was longer and straighter, wishing my skin was lighter, wishing I was someone else, asking God to make me beautiful. These are things I beg my daughter not to inherit. — Key Ballah

You were the inspiration for all of the earth, every rolling hill and rushing stream. — Key Ballah

Ask your mother to tell you how much she loves you. Listen carefully to the truth in her voice. — Key Ballah

Growing bitterness inside of you, will only turn you into a field of sadness. — Key Ballah

David slayed Goliath with a single stone.
You crippled my heart with a single lie.
This is the enormity of small things. — Key Ballah

And to My Own Mother, Heaven for me is at your feet. — Key Ballah