This foundation can only take the beating of one heart.
HINNAH MIANI’m sorry only I can both drown you and be the summer that dries it away.
More Hinnah Mian Quotes
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I don’t like how your embrace feels like comfort till the knife thrust.
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And what am I but the smallest of footnotes in the universe’s everlasting memoir?
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We are so much more than skin can hold.
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I love you like I barely had a land to call my own.
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I pocket grief and it beckons me like a lover.
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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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Love transcends oceans and I love you in every country we are both made of.
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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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This country collects too many tongues, until our only language is silence.
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If you wish to read the story of my people look no further than my body.
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Here I am, a mosaic of becomings.
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Somewhere inside my throat lives your ache.
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I turn moments into poetry.
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He reminds me of the shadow between silences.
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How do you mourn the loss of someone who was never yours to begin with?
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Hope lingers like a moon.
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She has learned so much from dying only to be born again.
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I don’t know how to let you out without destroying us both.
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I’ve got nothing left to give but I keep digging deeper.
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Your heartbeat is a holy thing.
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I remember when I was the only sin you liked to kiss.
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Every beauty mark, a country to roam. Every stretch mark, a river to cross.
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Allow me to introduce myself, A warning and a welcoming all at once.
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I loved each and every one of your faces.
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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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Depression is the way my eyes have learnt how to close more than open.
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