I don’t like how your embrace feels like comfort till the knife thrust.
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.
More Hinnah Mian Quotes
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There is a calmness in not knowing.
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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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She has learned so much from dying only to be born again.
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I loved you in quiet because to hide is to pretend that it is okay.
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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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I turn moments into poetry.
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When I look in the mirror, I don’t see a poem.
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The most beautiful parts of your body are those you had to grow again.
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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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I am unbearably human.
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I’ve got nothing left to give but I keep digging deeper.
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If you wish to read the story of my people look no further than my body.
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This foundation can only take the beating of one heart.
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This country collects too many tongues, until our only language is silence.
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