We are so much more than skin can hold.
HINNAH MIANI 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.
More Hinnah Mian Quotes
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I am a child of borderlines and we are two lands, carved differently.
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Love transcends oceans and I love you in every country we are both made of.
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Here I am, a mosaic of becomings.
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For once I want to be something that lasts.
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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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Hope lingers like a moon.
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I am unbearably human.
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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 like how your embrace feels like comfort till the knife thrust.
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If you wish to read the story of my people look no further than my body.
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Every beauty mark, a country to roam. Every stretch mark, a river to cross.
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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 don’t know how to let you out without destroying us both.
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Tear me open and rest inside me.
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How do you mourn the loss of someone who was never yours to begin with?
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