Cold In The Cup

A poem inspired by the emotion muse of Suicide ...

Cold In The Cup

Written By Marvin Thomas Cox-Flynn de Graham

Copyright © 2012 Marvin Thomas Cox

DBA: Marvin Thomas Cox-Flynn de Graham

All Rights Reserved

My coffee grows cold in the cup,

it seems tasteless this morning,

as I sit and think about Melanie¹ …

This sad thought enters my mind,

it breaks my heart to even consider …

She will be in the cold cold ground,

ten, twenty, fifty, years from now,

And, if alive, I will still be missing her …

… Missing her! … Loving her! …

(Written November 1^st, 2012)

1 The true name of this young woman, whom I dearly cared about, has been changed in order to protect her family, and allow her respect and dignity in keeping her memory alive, though Suicide lured her to an early grave ...