And what am I but the smallest of footnotes in the universe’s everlasting memoir?
HINNAH MIAN
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And what am I but the smallest of footnotes in the universe’s everlasting memoir?
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I am a child of borderlines and we are two lands, carved differently.
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We are so much more than skin can hold.
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For once I want to be something that lasts.
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Love transcends oceans and I love you in every country we are both made of.
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There is a calmness in not knowing.
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I loved you in quiet because to hide is to pretend that it is okay.
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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 always wanted to be more than my brown skin, when you told me I was sweet like cinnamon.
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This country collects too many tongues, until our only language is silence.
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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 turn moments into poetry.
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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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When I look in the mirror, I don’t see a poem.
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Hope lingers like a moon.
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