are blooming
on the desert
that someone abandoned.
Can you see these vulnerability?
Can you hear these whispers?
Even if a shroud of cloud
covers the desert,
these petals continue swaying.
Only when the full moon
illuminates the desert,
these flowers are healed.
Yuu Ikeda is a Japan based poet. She writes poetry on her website, which can be perused at https://poetryandcoffeedays.wordpress.com/. Her published poems can be found in Nymphs, Selcouth Station Press, Sublunary Review, Sad Girl Review, and more. Her Twitter and Instagram: @yuunnnn77.
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