2 poems

by Yuu Ikeda

a wingless bird

Morbid intensity

gives her wings

to be free

from disappointment.

nobody knows

her loneliness is always lethargic,

and immature.

so she wears sunglasses to hide her emptiness,

then wanders in people who embrace

ripe loneliness.

Yuu Ikeda (she/they) is a Japan based poet, writer.

She writes poetry on her website.

https://poetryandcoffeedays.wordpress.com/

Her first essay “DROPOUT”

was published in MORIA Literary Magazine.

And her latest poetry chapbook

“Phantasmal Flowers in The Eden

Where Only I Know”

was published by Black Sunflowers Poetry Press.

One of her big dreams is to write while traveling around the world.

You can find her on Twitter and Instagram :

@yuunnnn77