Yuu Ikeda

 

“Spears of Hopes”

 

Spears of hopes
are falling,
like a shower of petals,
like stars dyed malice 

They are hopes,
so,
I must not
part with them,
even if
overwhelming pain
covers my hands 

I should think
only about embracing
these hopes,
even if
I lose
a profusion of my blood,
even if
I'm filled with ugliness 


Hopes are bombs
that pretend to be diamonds

 

 
 

“I'm waiting”

 

A muzzle is glaring,
in the waving darkness 

I recognize the right hand
that holds a gun 

It's mine
It's mine 

I put a gun
to my head 

In the eddying darkness,
I put a gun
to my head 

I'm waiting for a bullet
to hit me 

I'm waiting for
diving into the dream 

I'm waiting for my hand
to kill my empty life 

I'm waiting for
going to the white world
where dark snow falls


 

 

Yuu Ikeda is a Japan based poet. She writes poetry on her website. Her published poems are “Sinful Silhouette” in Rigorous, “Broken Pieces of the Truth” in Briefly Zine, “A Flickering Light” in Kalonopia, 3 sonnets in The Minison Project, and more.