Depression is the way my eyes have learnt how to close more than open.
HINNAH MIANSeek refuge in the space between my bones.
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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The most beautiful parts of your body are those you had to grow again.
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She has learned so much from dying only to be born again.
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I love you like I barely had a land to call my own.
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Seek refuge in the space between my bones.
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I loved each and every one of your faces.
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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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There is a calmness in not knowing.
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This brown body is not an explosion- it is light and honey.
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And what am I but the smallest of footnotes in the universe’s everlasting memoir?
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I want to separate writing from heartbreak but I don’t know how.
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Your heartbeat is a holy thing.
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If you wish to read the story of my people look no further than my body.
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I turn moments into poetry.
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For once I want to be something that lasts.
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