Breakfast After The Fact

Poem
Written By Elizabeth M Castillo

The day breaks / saffron

as butter / as egg yolk

seeping in through the

window / slips to the

centre of the pan /

water bubbles / sachet

splits / leaves spill / catching

like autumn leaves

weightless / for a moment

then gathered to the heat

collected to the china

bottom of the cup /

the night was short

of hours / steam and

jasmine fill the head / and

pot / shells / as fragile as

they are / must sometimes

be broken / bread

without wheat / fruit / that

might not be eaten / fold an

apology into a fried egg / a jar

a ragged day-old posey /

cracks in your mother’s

wooden tray / the day breaks

silver / like a teardrop /

another / toasted chance /

a freshly-squeezed new start

Cover photo by Bernadetta Watts

Elizabeth M Castillo

Elizabeth M Castillo is a British-Mauritian poet, writer, indie-press promoter, and a two-time Pushcart Prize nominee. She lives in Paris with her family and two cats, where she writes a variety of different things under a variety of pen names. In her writing Elizabeth explores the different countries and cultures she grew up with, as well as themes of race & ethnicity, motherhood, womanhood, language, love, loss and grief, and a touch of magical realism. Her writing has been featured in publications in the UK, US, Australia, Mexico and the Middle East. Her bilingual, debut collection “Cajoncito: Poems on Love, Loss, y Otras Locuras” is for sale from her website and on amazon. You can connect with her on Twitter and IG as @EMCWritesPoetry.



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