Balances by Mykyta Ryzhykh
Image | Eva Bronzini
Balances
the silence of the water
the reflection of the cherry blossoms
balancing between
war and war
outside the broken
window, you can hear
the songs of birds
as if no one had died
night takes the sleeping soldiers
into its womb
a boy washes in the rain
near the ruins of a house
in childhood everything is black and white
I still can’t sleep sometimes
and monsters crawl out from under the bed
the reflection of the cherry blossoms
balancing between
war and war
outside the broken
window, you can hear
the songs of birds
as if no one had died
night takes the sleeping soldiers
into its womb
a boy washes in the rain
near the ruins of a house
in childhood everything is black and white
I still can’t sleep sometimes
and monsters crawl out from under the bed
© Mykyta Ryzhykh
Mykyta Ryzhykh, an author from Ukraine, now lives in Tromsø, Norway. He was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2023 and 2024. He’s published in many literary magazines іn Ukrainian and English: Tipton Poetry Journal, Stone Poetry Journal, Neologism Poetry Journal, Shot Glass Journal, QLRS, The Crank, Chronogram, The Antonym, Monterey Poetry Review, Five Fleas Itchy Poetry and many others.
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