Iika : Writing

Got away

Got away

A Poem by Iika


I still long for what I left behindWhat the tailwind must have scatteredBy now it should be impossible to find- But would it have mattered?If I never ..
Still here

Still here

A Poem by Iika


One day the wallFinally got too tallWhile I was sleeping theyBuilt it higherAnd said it's my faultWhen you're drained your moat gets shallowThe words ..
Visitor

Visitor

A Poem by Iika


Our party has gone with the moon.And in the small hours of Friday morningI find myself smoking under an awningWhen no courier is yet on the moveAnd th..
Long distance

Long distance

A Poem by Iika


Slowly the moonOrange and hugeSets behind the dunesAll I can see is one fireflyAs I wait for your reply
Toads

Toads

A Poem by Iika


I have six But they let down After all the new tricks They are still the same old nounRakkaus. So cumbersome in its thingnessL'amour. It dies on my t..
Unrealised

Unrealised

A Poem by Iika


I am a tired mothfluttering against the bright light of a future no one else can seeIt has started to flickerand my headache's growing worse.
Deadline

Deadline

A Poem by Iika


IT takes me a whileto realisethat the soft hissing soundisn’t my mind, leaking out (rats abandoning a sinking ship)but carbon dioxide escaping ..