He reminds me of the shadow between silences.
HINNAH MIANFor once I want to be something that lasts.
More Hinnah Mian Quotes
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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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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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Somewhere inside my throat lives your ache.
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I love you the way rain falls on a sunny day- a kind of marvelous sadness.
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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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My silhouette is an ocean, your lips a sailor.
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How does one love a person who is not a person but a multitude?
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I turn moments into poetry.
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If you wish to read the story of my people look no further than my body.
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I want to be something to pray for but I don’t know how to be.
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Depression is the way my eyes have learnt how to close more than open.
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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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I’ve got nothing left to give but I keep digging deeper.
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This brown body is not an explosion- it is light and honey.
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