I am unbearably human.
HINNAH MIANHow do you mourn the loss of someone who was never yours to begin with?
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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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The most beautiful parts of your body are those you had to grow again.
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I love you the way rain falls on a sunny day- a kind of marvelous sadness.
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Seek refuge in the space between my bones.
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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 always wanted to be more than my brown skin, when you told me I was sweet like cinnamon.
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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 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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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 don’t like how your embrace feels like comfort till the knife thrust.
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I remember when I was the only sin you liked to kiss.
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I loved you in quiet because to hide is to pretend that it is okay.
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Your heartbeat is a holy thing.
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Somewhere inside my throat lives your ache.
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