I always wanted to be more than my brown skin, when you told me I was sweet like cinnamon.
HINNAH MIANI am a child of borderlines and we are two lands, carved differently.
More Hinnah Mian Quotes
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For once I want to be something that lasts.
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He reminds me of the shadow between silences.
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Here I am, a mosaic of becomings.
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Seek refuge in the space between my bones.
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We are so much more than skin can hold.
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Love transcends oceans and I love you in every country we are both made of.
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I loved you in quiet because to hide is to pretend that it is okay.
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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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Hope lingers like a moon.
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This country collects too many tongues, until our only language is silence.
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Every beauty mark, a country to roam. Every stretch mark, a river to cross.
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Tear me open and rest inside me.
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I love you the way rain falls on a sunny day- a kind of marvelous sadness.
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I don’t like how your embrace feels like comfort till the knife thrust.
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I’m sorry only I can both drown you and be the summer that dries it away.
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