This brown body is not an explosion- it is light and honey.
HINNAH MIANHere I am, a mosaic of becomings.
More Hinnah Mian Quotes
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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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Here I am, a mosaic of becomings.
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I loved each and every one of your faces.
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Living is not living when I am living without you.
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Your heartbeat is a holy thing.
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Somewhere in these walls we’re still dancing, feeling nostalgic and much too in my head.
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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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There is a calmness in not knowing.
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Allow me to introduce myself, A warning and a welcoming all at once.
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If you wish to read the story of my people look no further than my body.
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When I look in the mirror, I don’t see a poem.
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Depression is the way my eyes have learnt how to close more than open.
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I have lived too many lives to be only one thing, and instead of attempting to mesh them into a form of a human being, I have decided to love every jagged edge of mine.
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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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We are so much more than skin can hold.
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