I am unbearably human.
HINNAH MIANWhen you kissed me you breathed air into my lifeless soul.
More Hinnah Mian Quotes
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I don’t know how to let you out without destroying us both.
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She has learned so much from dying only to be born again.
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Here I am, a mosaic of becomings.
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When you kissed me you breathed air into my lifeless soul.
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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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Every beauty mark, a country to roam. Every stretch mark, a river to cross.
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Depression is the way my eyes have learnt how to close more than open.
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Seek refuge in the space between my bones.
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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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When I look in the mirror, I don’t see a poem.
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Living is not living when I am living without you.
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Somewhere inside my throat lives your ache.
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Allow me to introduce myself, A warning and a welcoming all at once.
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This brown body is not an explosion- it is light and honey.
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