By Yuu Ikeda

Without intensity,
without gravity,
without tears,
without thorns,

she is writing the Hell

Being surrounded
by naught,

she is writing
the Hell of naught

Zero is her number
Zero is her life

Muddy colors
are weeping
around her,
the same as she does

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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.