This brown body is not an explosion- it is light and honey.
HINNAH MIANSomewhere in these walls we’re still dancing, feeling nostalgic and much too in my head.
More Hinnah Mian Quotes
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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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This country collects too many tongues, until our only language is silence.
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Depression is the way my eyes have learnt how to close more than open.
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Love transcends oceans and I love you in every country we are both made of.
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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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My silhouette is an ocean, your lips a sailor.
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I don’t know how to let you out without destroying us both.
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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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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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How do you mourn the loss of someone who was never yours to begin with?
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Allow me to introduce myself, A warning and a welcoming all at once.
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The most beautiful parts of your body are those you had to grow again.
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He reminds me of the shadow between silences.
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I always wanted to be more than my brown skin, when you told me I was sweet like cinnamon.
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I loved each and every one of your faces.
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