Jun29
10 months ago

Journal of a Nobody: To Love Well and Departure by Ocean Vuong

journalofanobody:


TO LOVE WELL

is to place a hand
on another’s chest and know
that the heart only beats
when locked in a cage
of bone.


DEPARTURE

Dawn cracks: a lightning bolt
carving slowly through the clouds.

All night I listened to your breath.
Even tasted your lips
when the moon turned you pale
as a…