I always wanted to be more than my brown skin, when you told me I was sweet like cinnamon.
HINNAH MIANSeek refuge in the space between my bones.
More Hinnah Mian Quotes
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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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There is a calmness in not knowing.
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This foundation can only take the beating of one heart.
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I don’t know how to let you out without destroying us both.
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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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I’ve got nothing left to give but I keep digging deeper.
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She has learned so much from dying only to be born again.
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I love you the way rain falls on a sunny day- a kind of marvelous sadness.
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This brown body is not an explosion- it is light and honey.
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We are so much more than skin can hold.
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Every beauty mark, a country to roam. Every stretch mark, a river to cross.
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My silhouette is an ocean, your lips a sailor.
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For once I want to be something that lasts.
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Allow me to introduce myself, A warning and a welcoming all at once.
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