I turn moments into poetry.
HINNAH MIANI 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.
More Hinnah Mian Quotes
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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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We are so much more than skin can hold.
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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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If you wish to read the story of my people look no further than my body.
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This brown body is not an explosion- it is light and honey.
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This country collects too many tongues, until our only language is silence.
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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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I’ve got nothing left to give but I keep digging deeper.
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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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How do you mourn the loss of someone who was never yours to begin with?
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Love transcends oceans and I love you in every country we are both made of.
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Seek refuge in the space between my bones.
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Somewhere in these walls we’re still dancing, feeling nostalgic and much too in my head.
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Allow me to introduce myself, A warning and a welcoming all at once.
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I am tired of living in a world, where I belong deeply, to anyone but myself.
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