A review by baileyjohnk
Cavity by Caitlin Conlon

5.0

I was really lucky to have followed this girl a while back on twitter. I loved scrolling through her profile every now and then to see her poems and her horoscopes. She was the most genuine, poetic human I had read from in a while. She wrote about real pain. Pain that’s been laughed at for being too exaggerated and romanticized but I believe those words come from people who have never had their heart truly broken. I have and I think that’s why I appreciated this collection so much. When you’re in love, you think there’s no possible way you could put that feeling into words and when you’re out of love, you think it again, only worse. I’ve tried a million times, through handfuls of songs and poems and short stories. Writing is my one true coping mechanism. Though I’ve produced some pieces I’m very proud of, I don’t think I’ve ever hit the nail on the head. I’ve found love and heartbreak to be indescribable. But Caitlin really did it. She really made the intangible tangible. I could feel it, smell it, taste it. I was brought back to some of my better days, some of my worst days when I read this. I just loved it so much. If Caitlin wrote this at 19 years old, I can’t even imagine where she’ll go from here. If she keeps getting better and better with age, she’ll be the one breaking hearts with her poems. I’m so proud to call this girl a friend.