I don’t know how to let you out without destroying us both.
HINNAH MIANI want to be something to pray for but I don’t know how to be.
More Hinnah Mian Quotes
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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’m sorry only I can both drown you and be the summer that dries it away.
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When you kissed me you breathed air into my lifeless soul.
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If you wish to read the story of my people look no further than my body.
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Allow me to introduce myself, A warning and a welcoming all at once.
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When I look in the mirror, I don’t see a poem.
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How do you mourn the loss of someone who was never yours to begin with?
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He reminds me of the shadow between silences.
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I am a child of borderlines and we are two lands, carved differently.
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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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The most beautiful parts of your body are those you had to grow again.
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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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Here I am, a mosaic of becomings.
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I want to be something to pray for but I don’t know how to be.
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How does one love a person who is not a person but a multitude?
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