Scorcharn

Burned bright and unbound,
my limbs arc toward an indifferent sun.
The wind scalds but I lurch,
gleaming raw and defiant.
Laughter cracks beneath the blaze,
while my skin peels into the air—
as beneath the blaze—
I fold into quiet where absence settles soft.

PHOTOGRAPHY ERIC WANG
STYLING VERONICA ZHANG
MODEL YONGPENGYI
HAIR & MAKE-UP DIRECTOR ZHANG ZHANG
MAKE-UP VERONICA ZHANG, ERIC WANG
RETOUCH DIRECTOR HUKE
RETOUCH LAILAI, WENLI

Scorcharn

Burned bright and unbound,
my limbs arc toward an indifferent sun.
The wind scalds but I lurch,
gleaming raw and defiant.
Laughter cracks beneath the blaze,
while my skin peels into the air—
as beneath the blaze—
I fold into quiet where absence settles soft.

PHOTOGRAPHY ERIC WANG
STYLING VERONICA ZHANG
MODEL YONGPENGYI
HAIR & MAKE-UP DIRECTOR ZHANG ZHANG
MAKE-UP VERONICA ZHANG, ERIC WANG
RETOUCH DIRECTOR HUKE
RETOUCH LAILAI, WENLI