Living is not living when I am living without you.
HINNAH MIANAnd what am I but the smallest of footnotes in the universe’s everlasting memoir?
More Hinnah Mian Quotes
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When I look in the mirror, I don’t see a poem.
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I am a child of borderlines and we are two lands, carved differently.
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How do you mourn the loss of someone who was never yours to begin with?
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I don’t know how to let you out without destroying us both.
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I want to be something to pray for but I don’t know how to be.
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There is a calmness in not knowing.
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Your heartbeat is a holy thing.
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And what am I but the smallest of footnotes in the universe’s everlasting memoir?
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My silhouette is an ocean, your lips a sailor.
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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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If you wish to read the story of my people look no further than my body.
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He reminds me of the shadow between silences.
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We are so much more than skin can hold.
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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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I turn moments into poetry.
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