S. Qiouyi Lu

Parallax


she says: take my hand

      i reach out, but grasp only

                 *     .    ·
        ˚    .    stardust · * ⊹
          .       ⊹    .     ˚   .

   i have forgotten once again

                                           that i am already


                 g     o         n                  e

S. Qiouyi Lu is a writer, artist, narrator, and translator; their poetry has appeared in Liminality and is forthcoming from Uncanny and Strange Horizons. Find them online at s.qiouyi.lu or on Twitter as @sqiouyilu.