quietly,

we came to the breakfast table one morning
while you ruminated through the bread bag,
plastic wrinkling,
set the toast,
I watched

nothing came of it
as you sliced tomatoes
rhythmically
into the silence

our eyes didn’t catch
as you reached for a fork,
cracked me open,
then gently stirred the yolk.

Amanda Gómez Sánchez is a venecuir poet currently residing in Calgary. They began writing poetry around 2013 as a way to explore the formation of their identity through grief, queerness, and the quickly growing Venezuelan diaspora. In her poetry she continues to explore themes of grief, love, queerness, and the ways in which these shape our identities. Her work has been featured in Circe Magazine and Bipan Magazine, as well as Troublemaker Firestarter.