for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf Quotes (showing 1-9 of 9)1“one thing I don’t needis any more apologiesi got sorry greetin me at my front dooryou can keep yrsi don’t know what to do wit emthey don’t open doorsor bring the sun backthey don’t make me happyor get a mornin paperdidn’t nobody stop usin my tears to wash carscuz a sorry.” ― Ntozake Shange, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf2“without any assistance or guidance from youi have loved you assiduously for 8 months 2 wks & a dayi have been stood up four timesi've left 7 packages on yr doorstepforty poems 2 plants & 3 handmade notecards i lefttown so i cd send to you have been no help to meon my jobyou call at 3:00 in the mornin on weekdaysso i cd drive 27 1/2 miles cross the bay before i go to workcharmin charminbut you are of no assistancei want you to knowthis waz an experimentto see how selifsh i cd beif i wd really carry on to snare a possible loverif i waz capable of debasin my self for the love of anotherif i cd stand not being wantedwhen i wanted to be wanted& i cannotsowith no further assistance & no guidance from youi am endin this affairthis note is attached to a planti've been waterin since the day i met youyou may water ityr damn self” ― Ntozake Shange, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf3“i usedta live in the worldreally be in the worldfree & sweet talkingood mornin & thank-you & nice dayuh huhi cant nowi cant be nice to nobodynice is such a rip-offregular beauty & a smile in the streetis just a set-up” ― Ntozake Shange, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf4“somebody/ anybodysing a black girl's songbring her outto know herselfto know youbut sing her rhythmscarin/ struggle/ hard timessing her song of lifeshe's been dead so longclosed in silence so longshe doesn't know the soundof her own voiceher infinite beautyshe's half-notes scatteredwithout rhythm/ no tunesing her sighssing the song of her possibilitiessing a righteous gospellet her be bornlet her be born& handled warmly.” ― Ntozake Shange, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf5“Ever since I realized there waz someone callt/ a colored girl an evil woman a bitch or a nag/ i been tryin not to be that & leave bitterness/ in somebody else's cup...” ― Ntozake Shange, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf6“my spirit is too ancient to understand the separation of soul & gender” ― Ntozake Shange, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf7“And this is for Colored girls who have considered suicide, but are moving to the ends of their own rainbows.” ― Ntozake Shange, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf8“i am really colored & really sad sometimes & you hurt memore than i ever danced outta/ i am ready to die like a lily in thedesert/ & i cdnt let you in on it cuz i didnt know/ hereis what i have/ poems/ big thighs/ lil tits/ &so much love/ will you take it from me this one time/ please this is for you” ― Ntozake Shange, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf9“i loved you on purposei was open on purposei still crave vulnerability & close talk& i'm not even sorry bout you bein sorryyou can carry all the guilt & grime ya wannajust dont give it to mei cant use another sorrynext timeyou should admityou're mean/ low-down/ triflin/ & no count straight outsteada bein sorry alla the timeenjoy bein yrself” ― Ntozake Shange, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf（因?yàn)殡娪案木幾詰騽?所以找了寫原文的部分詩(shī) 貼出來(lái)）。

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