Always​

Fragments of your heartbeats

are the necklace
that I wear

Always,
I feel that
you breathe
on me

Fragments of your heartbeats
are the ring
that I wear

Always,
I feel that
you sigh with relief
on me

Mixture of desire and healing
cocoons you and me

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Yuu Ikeda is a Japan-based poet. She loves writing, reading mystery novels, and drinking sugary coffee. She writes poetry which she posts on her website. Her published poems are “On the Bed” in Nymphs, “Love? or Death?” in Sad Girl Review, and more.