Aahir

“Does your mother love you
all the time? Have you ever doubted?”
― Chen Chen

“Maybe the centipede in the cellar
knows with its many disgusting legs
why I am sad. No one else does.”
― Chen Chen

“i could not speak so i wrote myself into silence”
― Ocean Vuong, Time Is a Mother

“On Earth lately, I’ve been looking at everyone
like I love them, & maybe I do. Or maybe I only love
one person, & I’m beaming from it. Or actually
I just love myself, & I want people to know.”
― Chen Chen