If you wish to read the story of my people look no further than my body.
HINNAH MIANHere I am, a mosaic of becomings.
More Hinnah Mian Quotes
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I pocket grief and it beckons me like a lover.
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My silhouette is an ocean, your lips a sailor.
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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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We are so much more than skin can hold.
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I turn moments into poetry.
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I’ve got nothing left to give but I keep digging deeper.
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She has learned so much from dying only to be born again.
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Somewhere in these walls we’re still dancing, feeling nostalgic and much too in my head.
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This brown body is not an explosion- it is light and honey.
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Allow me to introduce myself, A warning and a welcoming all at once.
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Somewhere inside my throat lives your ache.
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I am tired of living in a world, where I belong deeply, to anyone but myself.
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I want to be something to pray for but I don’t know how to be.
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I don’t know how to let you out without destroying us both.
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