I loved you in quiet because to hide is to pretend that it is okay.
HINNAH MIANSomewhere inside my throat lives your ache.
More Hinnah Mian Quotes
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This foundation can only take the beating of one heart.
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When I look in the mirror, I don’t see a poem.
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Here I am, a mosaic of becomings.
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How do you mourn the loss of someone who was never yours to begin with?
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I pocket grief and it beckons me like a lover.
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I like to trace the ghosts of your fingers on the back of my hand. They read- I don’t know how to hold without you.
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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 always wanted to be more than my brown skin, when you told me I was sweet like cinnamon.
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I turn moments into poetry.
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My silhouette is an ocean, your lips a sailor.
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Every beauty mark, a country to roam. Every stretch mark, a river to cross.
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This brown body is not an explosion- it is light and honey.
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Your heartbeat is a holy thing.
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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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We are so much more than skin can hold.
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