There is a calmness in not knowing.
HINNAH MIANTear me open and rest inside me.
More Hinnah Mian Quotes
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This brown body is not an explosion- it is light and honey.
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I am a child of borderlines and we are two lands, carved differently.
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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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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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Allow me to introduce myself, A warning and a welcoming all at once.
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The most beautiful parts of your body are those you had to grow again.
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When I look in the mirror, I don’t see a poem.
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I’ve got nothing left to give but I keep digging deeper.
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When you kissed me you breathed air into my lifeless soul.
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I want to be something to pray for but I don’t know how to be.
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Every beauty mark, a country to roam. Every stretch mark, a river to cross.
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This country collects too many tongues, until our only language is silence.
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I remember when I was the only sin you liked to kiss.
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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 pocket grief and it beckons me like a lover.
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