winter magic

by Yuu Ikeda

Desire dwells

in stillness

resounding through

midnight.

Our breath is silent,

but tells us everything

we want.

Our eyes are merry on silence,

but tell us everything

we need.

Winter is the coldest 

earrings. And,

winter is the warmest moonlight.




Yuu Ikeda is a Japan-based poet. She loves writing, reading novels, western art, and sugary coffee. She writes poetry on her website Poetry and Me, Sometimes Coffee. Her latest poetry collection “Seasons Echoing Around Me” was published from Free Lines Press. Her Twitter and Instagram: @yuunnnn77

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