POETRY

Vanity in Fire

December 1, 2022 | Issue II | Yuu Ikeda

I fill my skin

with the warmth of tequila,

instead of yours.

A song of R & B that I don't know the title

waves around me

and intensifies a craving for you.

I fill my skin

with the kiss of tequila,

instead of yours.

Something is burning in me.

But it's not you,

it's not what I want the most.

Yuu Ikeda is a Japan based poet. She writes poetry on her website. www.poetryandcoffeedays.wordpress.com. Her latest poetry collection is published in Free Lines Press. 

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