Eggshell Heart

I am living. I remember you.
Writing about the fragility of eggshells
and the human condition.
To tell you the truth, I thought I knew what fragile meant.

I’ve never felt so damn fragile
Since you chose to leave
Haunted and yet somehow fascinated.
Knowing now exactly what ‘Found in a vehicle’ amounts to.

I am living, I remember you.
Where hope once lived
An ache moved in
I want so much more than memories.

Still, I’ll remember you forever
Probably curse you too.
Even though you somehow thought
Your life would leave no mark.

Casey Bottono is a poet, writer and workshop facilitator in Cornwall, England. She holds a Master of Arts degree in Professional Writing from Falmouth University. Her work deals with themes of disability, grief and mental health, and has been published in the Hard Times Happen anthology of writing on mental health (Black Pear Press, 2021) and the Lapidus International journal of writing for wellbeing among other publications.