I want by Mykyta Rhzhykh

 

Image / Alan Cabello

I want 

I want to be a killer sleeping on crumpled grass

I want to be buried in crumpled grass

I want to kill

I want to be

Buried under the grass is a home for worms and insects

The buried has no room for error

I want to kill the war

I want to be home

Reprint from The Gravity of the Thing

© Mykyta Rhzhykh

Mykyta Ryzhykh

Mykyta Rhzhykh , 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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