The Looking Glass 2022-23 | volume 41 | Page 35

Wasteland of Eggshells

I tiptoe atop eggshells

But one next to me cracks and another one breaks

And there I stand again in a mess I made

A mess created in the shade of a wasteland

A wasteland I once called home, 

Full of broken dreams and shattered hearts, 

Scattered with bottle caps and playing cards, ones I used to call my own.

Since you left, I’ve forgotten what it is to be known

To have and to hold,

For better, for worse

Through sickness and health

We never got that far,

But I hope you and someone else will.

Aleena Siddiqui