Black Coffee

      

Bitter

       coffee

    stained

   every

           word that    

                  passed pale lips.

                         Anger heated the        

          water of sweetened  

tears. The roasted

scent of regret poured    

like french vanilla         

from steaming eyes.

     Do not tempt a boiling pot, for that boiling pot 

          will over heat. And the consequences of condensation will     

         melt into reality. Once the mug of life cracks, sugar will    not 

            mend it. Cream will not undo the sour residue from worn     out     

        taste buds. The coffee will stay bitter for all eternity. And      no-

       thing, absolutely nothing will be able to change that taste       of

        bitterness that lingers behind. It will dance on the tongue      as

         if a ballerina. That single caffeinated thought burns in the     ba-

        ck of the mind, withdrawn and jittery from deprivation.  The

       whole batch is ruined with blistering words.

         

Reviews

[SuspectGray]

Cute...aside from the graphic...I enjoyed the concept of the cup of coffee being symbolic for a deeper pain. Nice ( : O )

[Scott Durham]

Very good layout, the meter holds up to lyric. Curious if you meant "passed" instead of "past" and that is the wonder of poetry. If you mean that or not, even as a grammatical error it mails this down in my memory. Memorable piece.

[Marcel Grant]

LOVED THIS. Everything about it, just so descriptive and real without being too moody. Awesome! I rated this thing a 95/100!

[Gabrielle Linch]

Thank you so much sweetheart! I'm glad you enjoyed this piece and I'm excited to say it's won an actually poetry contest. :)

[John Alexander McFadyen]

A shape poem which takes a metaphor and bends it into the understanding of human emotions gone wrong.