Yuu Ikeda
A butterfly from eight years ago
is weeping on my chest
Wearing scales
dyed in blood,
the butterfly
is wavering silently
Colorless but beautiful tears
mix with moonlight
The butterfly from eight years ago
laments future me,
and is weeping
The uncontrollable sword of time
pierces the butterfly and future me
Let me cry with you
Let me cry with your eternal beauty
Yuu Ikeda is a Japan based poet.
She loves writing, reading mystery novels,
and drinking sugary coffee.
She writes poetry on her website.
Her published poems are
“On the Bed” in <Nymphs>,
“Love? or Death?” in <Sad Girl Review>,
“Poetry Drops Like Raindrops Do” in <JMWW>,
and more.