The Mother

Directors: Audrey Yin and Krisha Desai

Models: Steven An, Flora Ding, Rebecca Lee

Art: Ria Panchal

Beauty: Lara Harvey, Adishri Pradhan

Creative: DJ Green, Kayla Hsu, Myna Lim

Photography: Anabelle Lau, Pat Li

Props & Set Design: Lilly Bjerke

Styling: Aleks Cornforth, Marina Tadrous, Alex Watson

Sweet Osmanthus

Do you remember me?

The age 13 didn’t settle well on my face. It bury itself into my skin Like tiny crescent moons. Pick pick pick

You watched me once, As I waxed and waned from forehead to chin. You said I pressed hard, like I wanted my fingers and cheeks to become one. Pick pick pick

I have never seen you softer than now, Softer than the woman without the knowing, Before she built a home in a stranger. The ones in love are lucky. Pick pick pick

I’ll press hard, though you reject me. But we’ll settle into tiny crescent moons And I’ll know you, And we’ll become one, like we’ve always been. Pick pick pick