Every beauty mark, a country to roam. Every stretch mark, a river to cross.
HINNAH MIANRead 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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For once I want to be something that lasts.
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I have lived too many lives to be only one thing, and instead of attempting to mesh them into a form of a human being, I have decided to love every jagged edge of mine.
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I turn moments into poetry.
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This country collects too many tongues, until our only language is silence.
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This brown body is not an explosion- it is light and honey.
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Tear me open and rest inside me.
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I want to be something to pray for but I don’t know how to be.
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I am a child of borderlines and we are two lands, carved differently.
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Seek refuge in the space between my bones.
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I remember when I was the only sin you liked to kiss.
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Hope lingers like a moon.
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I’ve got nothing left to give but I keep digging deeper.
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The most beautiful parts of your body are those you had to grow again.
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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 don’t like how your embrace feels like comfort till the knife thrust.
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