How do you mourn the loss of someone who was never yours to begin with?
HINNAH MIANI always wanted to be more than my brown skin, when you told me I was sweet like cinnamon.
More Hinnah Mian Quotes
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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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Love transcends oceans and I love you in every country we are both made of.
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Allow me to introduce myself, A warning and a welcoming all at once.
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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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I remember when I was the only sin you liked to kiss.
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Tear me open and rest inside me.
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Every beauty mark, a country to roam. Every stretch mark, a river to cross.
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How does one love a person who is not a person but a multitude?
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This brown body is not an explosion- it is light and honey.
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I am unbearably human.
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This country collects too many tongues, until our only language is silence.
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I pocket grief and it beckons me like a lover.
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The most beautiful parts of your body are those you had to grow again.
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Here I am, a mosaic of becomings.
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I turn moments into poetry.
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