"a crow, January 22nd," and "Hello, Friends" by Yuu Ikeda

Originally published January 26, 2024

“a crow, January 22nd”

your silhouette is beautiful.

it makes me feel freedom.

it makes me feel loneliness.

it makes me feel the end of sorrow.

your silhouette is more beautiful than the moon that everyone gazes at.

~

“Hello, Friends”

if i had your wings,

i could give up flying to the clear sky.

if i had your eyes,

i could give up gazing at the blue sky.

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

She loves mystery novels, western art,

sugary coffee, and japanese comic “呪術廻戦 (Jujutsu Kaisen)”.

She writes poetry on her website.

https://poetryandcoffeedays.wordpress.com/

She is the author of poetry collections ;

“The Palette of Words”, “Seasons Echoing Around Me”,

“A Knife She Holds”,

“Phantasmal Flowers in The Eden Where Only I Know”, and more.

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