I am only beautiful when my legs are open and I have forgotten my mother tongue to make room for yours.
HINNAH MIANDepression is the way my eyes have learnt how to close more than open.
More Hinnah Mian Quotes
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I am a child of borderlines and we are two lands, carved differently.
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I pocket grief and it beckons me like a lover.
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Hope lingers like a moon.
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I loved you in quiet because to hide is to pretend that it is okay.
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He reminds me of the shadow between silences.
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I remember when I was the only sin you liked to kiss.
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We are so much more than skin can hold.
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This brown body is not an explosion- it is light and honey.
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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 country collects too many tongues, until our only language is silence.
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Living is not living when I am living without you.
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Here I am, a mosaic of becomings.
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I turn moments into poetry.
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I am unbearably human.
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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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