waiting for the coffee

yep, this is real

waiting for the coffee
to quit spitting, and spurting
so I can take a sip --
right after I partake
of my new morning

I look out the window.
the snow is like the pain.
it refuses to give way
to the rain,
and once again
blankets the warm.
the birds chatter
their disdain,
for it wasn't the day
they were expecting.

I didn't want to wake up
to this throb
this pound
this ache
this stab
this sound
these pins
this grip of something
in the pit
of my stomach --

waiting for my coffee,
my new reality --
what is this pill for again?
it doesn't matter,
they can't chatter back
the snow.

inside my head

Author's Note

yep, sometimes it does - and Prince doesn't share his videos, so this is a cover

Reviews

[Shimmerbliss/CAF]

I particularly like the way you phrased the first stanza ...unique...partaking of the morning instead of the expected partaking of the coffee brewing. This is real, and the pain comes through in a raw and intense way, and yet you paint it with dignity and somehow bring beauty into it. So well done, and understood by many.

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you. I was in the moment, as it were, and Steph (Highonwords) suggested I write it out.

[Shimmerbliss/CAF]

I'm glad you did.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

one pill takes away one pain, but then another persists or grows from that pill...

and sometimes we just wish for Not another day...but the coffee is good, and this poem really sets the scene...

j.

[Lyn Anderson]

yes it is a vicious cycle. thank you for your ever positive presence.

[fattycbreezy52]

Anything related to coffee appeals to my senses. Thanks for this poem. Count me as a fan:)

[Lyn Anderson]

Well thank you. I appreciate it.

[Bacchus]

I love this picture... saving to my favorites. Thanks, friend.

[Lyn Anderson]

No problem. I am honoured.

[Lyn Anderson]

And yes, my pain paints a pretty picture some days. Pills have kicked in ahhh.

[Einstein Noodle]

arrrrrrrrrrrgh "the pill" ........... yes! snow in the brain ..but takes away the pain ..damnable situation ... yesterday the last of our SD snow went away ..at least in the SE corner .. tomorrow is supposed to hit 70 ..crazy place .. this i especially like:
"the birds chatter
their disdain,"

today on my walk with the dog i will hear the birds in a bit different light ;) peace and joy KL ... just keep writing!
E.

[Lyn Anderson]

I is, I is. says I

[Einstein Noodle]

:).... you make me smile! says i!

[V]

Thoughtful, painful write with a notion of desperation. Picturesque and candid.

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks, just trying to get motivated to get through the day.

[V]

I hope you find motivation. It finally got sunny and warm here which makes me feel slightly better...

[Lyn Anderson]

I did, and I wrote a "companion" to your Loathing Scenes.

[V]

Huh I'm excited and moreover connected to wifi. I'm going to check it out :)

[highonwords]

i could feel the exasperation and the anguish over the lines - the cold biting - and the ending has a cold bite to it, too - makes me want to have some coffee, now - but instead i am having an orange and some chocolate - nighttime here

steph

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you for reading. Very much a bite of reality in the moment.

[highonwords]

you're welcome, my friend :)

steph