by Yuu Ikeda
when i fell in love with you,
my words became powerless.
how deep my love for you,
the moment that i feel that your love for me is vulnerable,
the reason why i want to touch you,
the logic that i fell in love with you,
the cause of pain and loneliness.
when i fell in love with you,
i gave up explaining them.
when i fell in love with you,
my words lost power and meanings.
Yuu Ikeda (she/they) is a Japan based poet and writer. She loves writing, reading mystery novels, sugary coffee, and japanese comic “呪術廻戦 (Jujutsu Kaisen)”. She writes poetry on her website. https://poetryandcoffeedays.wordpress.com/ Her first essay “DROPOUT” was published in MORIA Literary Magazine. And her latest poetry chapbook “Phantasmal Flowers in The Eden Where Only I Know” was published by Black Sunflowers Poetry Press. You can find her on Twitter and Instagram : @yuunnnn77