Flowers by Yuu Ikeda

Flowers of death
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.