“One Week Until July”
what is waiting for me?
monochromatic waves of heat?
morbid loneliness?
the motionless horizon?
what is waiting for me?
ridicule of cicadas?
the boiled moonlight?
the repeat of winter?
I’m waiting for nothing.
what is waiting for me?
“Only for”
A schedule book is
only for people who
have hope for the future that
they are surely gazing at.
In a schedule book,
melodious flowers bloom,
the scent of morning coffee floats,
and the velvety moonlight cocoons them.
A schedule book is
only for people who
never give up on the future that
makes them stronger and more beautiful.
Yuu Ikeda (she/they) is a Japan-based poet, writer. She writes poetry on her website. Her latest poetry chapbook “Phantasmal Flowers in The EdenWhere Only I Know” will be published by Black Sunflowers Poetry Press in July. You can find her on Twitter and Instagram: @yuunnnn77
