#Nine Japanese Female Poets Nine Heian Waka

[cntarella]

Death is closer than you think. Trace my throat with your fingertip. I am not faking a fever. Sweat collects between my clavicles. I cannot fathom dying before your embrace. So, please—.

09/09 : Nine Japanese Female Poets / Nine Heian Waka by Naoko Fujimoto

[cntarella]

A wall is something I build when I see you, it does not matter what type of seal. I draw one, too—a silk curtain, a paper screen—and close it. Shut it hard. I hate the noise of unfitted sliding doors. I don't track where you walk from corridor to room. I do not want to sink into your smell. I refuse your voice. I have enough—

09/09 : Nine Japanese Female Poets / Nine Heian Waka by Naoko Fujimoto