Saffron City Press

Mykyta Ryzhykh

Ukraine

on the wall of the collapsed sky there 
іs an inscription saying that god does not believe 
in my existence 

i also don’t believe in the sky 
painted on the ceiling

a butterfly protecting the cemetery 
of a family photo album 
flies into my room

and the walls of the bombed house 
pretend to be silent

Mykyta Ryzhykh is an author from Ukraine, now living in Tromsø, Norway. He has been nominated for Pushcart Prize in 2023 and 2024, and has been published many times in literary magazines іn Ukrainian and English: Tipton Poetry Journal, Stone Poetry Journal, Neologism Poetry Journal and many others.