Caleigh Larkin

in grief

it’s not the dying,

per se, it’s not

the ripping of seams

which tied us

into one whole,

it’s not the empty

pillow or all the space

begging to be filled

again by the right body–

it’s the mornings,

pockets of waking

realization

you are not there,

oh, you are not here.

Caleigh Larkin is a Baltimore-based poet and comedian who recently graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park, with a minor in creative writing. They have been published in journals such as The Loch Raven Review and AZE Journal, as well as multiple times in the University’s own Stylus during their undergraduate years.