Coffee cup, what do you think

of your creation?

 

You could be anything

Your amorphous design

Built to be held and admired

Molded by dreamers, to hold dreams 

 

Coffee cup, will you ever tire 

of your own variety?

 

The fluttering wakefulness of

three sips of coffee

The splattering strokes of 

an inspired painter

The fumbling pen of a 

musing poet

 

Coffee cup, how do you feel 

witnessing the love in my home?

 

In our daily ritual we choose a different  cup 

Worthy of our essence today

For him, a beaming smiley face

For me, a terracotta sun

 

Coffee cup, will you bring me joy

when I’m sitting at the edge of tomorrow?

 

Although tea is not within your name

You do our family the honorable

Service of warming the chamomile

To chase away the bad dreams

 

Through your scalding 

steam they float adrift