How do you mourn the loss of someone who was never yours to begin with?
HINNAH MIANEvery beauty mark, a country to roam. Every stretch mark, a river to cross.
More Hinnah Mian Quotes
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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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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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I’m sorry only I can both drown you and be the summer that dries it away.
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I don’t know how to let you out without destroying us both.
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She has learned so much from dying only to be born again.
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He reminds me of the shadow between silences.
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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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We are so much more than skin can hold.
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This foundation can only take the beating of one heart.
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I’ve got nothing left to give but I keep digging deeper.
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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 turn moments into poetry.
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Seek refuge in the space between my bones.
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