Every beauty mark, a country to roam. Every stretch mark, a river to cross.
HINNAH MIANLiving is not living when I am living without you.
More Hinnah Mian Quotes
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If you wish to read the story of my people look no further than my body.
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I love you the way rain falls on a sunny day- a kind of marvelous sadness.
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Seek refuge in the space between my bones.
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For once I want to be something that lasts.
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Read the scars on my body like braille, for I no longer know how to tell a story that belongs deeply to me but is no longer mine.
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He reminds me of the shadow between silences.
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Living is not living when I am living without you.
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I always wanted to be more than my brown skin, when you told me I was sweet like cinnamon.
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Here I am, a mosaic of becomings.
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When I look in the mirror, I don’t see a poem.
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Somewhere in these walls we’re still dancing, feeling nostalgic and much too in my head.
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Allow me to introduce myself, A warning and a welcoming all at once.
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And what am I but the smallest of footnotes in the universe’s everlasting memoir?
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The most beautiful parts of your body are those you had to grow again.
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I am only beautiful when my legs are open and I have forgotten my mother tongue to make room for yours.
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