MIRЯOЯ

words by Vaidehi Bhardwaj, art by Hannah Nguyen

tu me manques means i miss you in french.

·ǝɯ ɯoɹɟ ʇuɐʇsᴉp ǝɹɐ noʎ suɐǝɯ sǝnbuɐɯ ǝɯ nʇ

i miss you.

·noʎ ssᴉɯ ᴉ

i miss the you i was, the me i was,

‘ǝʎǝ ǝɥʇ ʻᴉ ǝɥʇ ʻǝɹǝʍ noʎ ǝɯ ǝɥʇ ʻǝɹǝʍ noʎ noʎ ǝɥʇ

i wonder what colors your eyes are, this close, refracted into light.

·ɹɐǝp ʻʅʅǝʇ oʇ ǝsoʅɔ ooʇ ·sǝʎǝ ʎɯ ʻsɹoʅoɔ ɹnoʎ

not yet having known loss—

ʻǝɔɐɟ ʎɯ ɟo sǝɔᴉʌǝɹɔ ǝɥʇ pɐǝɹ ʇǝʎ ʇou pʅnoɔ noʎ

wrinkles like words,

.ǝʅᴉɯs ɹnoʎ ɟo dᴉp ʎɹǝʌǝ uᴉ sʍopɐɥs

i watch my lips form shapes in your gaze. 

tu me manques.

·ʞɔɐq ǝɯ ssᴉɯ noʎ ɥɔʇɐʍ ᴉ