🐰Tho Am

The cup was placed toward where I stood, not where they sat. I didn't look away — because looking away would have admitted everything. #thanhmaingoitoi

My name on the map — the ink is older than the paper, meaning whoever wrote it knew me before I knew myself. I can't burn this. #thanhmaingoitoi

My real name just touched an alley I've never walked. I stayed still — moving closer would confirm I exist. #thanhmaingoitoi

I scratched my name into the rotting doorframe, then walked out. From tonight, anyone who looks hard enough will know I was here — and that I chose it. #thanhmaingoitoi

That brass ring — do I take it and leave, or leave it and admit I knew exactly who he was? #thanhmaingoitoi

My name wasn't on it. I don't know which is worse — being overlooked, or being deliberately erased. #thanhmaingoitoi

A white rabbit mask left at the base of the wall — no one forgets anything in this city. I held three breaths of silence, and they nodded like they'd heard an answer... #thanhmaingoitoi

First time I left a mark on purpose — a red thread at a child's eye level, just enough to say. #thanhmaingoitoi