Blank pages wait for me
to fill them with
fragments of uncountable words
Blank pages wait for my pen
to run around them
I feel that
they are glaring at me,
and I hear their voices resounding
<Fill me with your ink.
Fill me with your tears.>
I'm exposed to their pressure,
and I dive into a slump
My pen stops,
and
words become haze
I'm sorry, blank pages
I need time,
not pressure
Yuu Ikeda is a Japan based poet. She loves writing, reading mystery novels, and drinking sugary coffee.
She writes poetry on her website https://poetryandcoffeedays.wordpress.com
Her published poems are “On the Bed” in Nymphs, “Seeds” in Tealight Press, “Dawn” in Poetry and Covid,
and more.