Night Sky with Exit Wounds

by Ocean Vuong

If you must know anything, know that the hardest task is to live only once.

He laughs despite knowing he has ruined every beautiful thing just to prove beauty cannot change him.

Don’t we touch each other just to prove we are still here? I was still here once.

Maybe we pray on our knees because god only listens when we’re this close to the devil.

what becomes of the shepherd when the sheep are cannibals?

The most beautiful part of your body is where it’s headed. & remember, loneliness is still time spent with the world.