Sunday Coffee

I am  coffee
 in your favorite cup
 The morning ritual
 that starts your day
 I am that slow brewed
 deep roasted
anticipation
that awakens your soul
breathe me in
 I open your eyes
to your own  possibilities
One taste and you're hooked
one sip and your senses tingle
warm
enticing
exotic
I am so good
that even the bitter
goes
        down
                 ...smooth
when you're tired
I give you strength
when you're weak
I
 add
 a lil
sugar
when you're cold
a splash of  cream
I heat your fingers
and
elevate
your
mood
I have become
....your
      favorite
      addiction

... now don't you want a sip ?

Artists Lament

Show me a moment's truth
painted in brilliant hues
and I will reflect back to you
a filtered fragment of life

Give me a glance of the muse
as she whispers in your dark
and I will show you
your own light

Hint at untold stories
of roads not taken
.... and...
paths forsaken
and I will
tell you a secret

Sing me a song
that makes  sense of
the night
and I will
amplify your music

Color me a story
with the wind
as your palette
and I will give you
three grains of eternity

 ....  that will forever alter
 the sands of time

Midnight

so tonight feels strange
like  spirits of past lives
are restless
and not at all pleased
at me wasting my time
and the heartbeat of the world
... is skipping beats
and the zombied arms of
past lovers are reaching
past me
for what could have been
and in this strange haze
of half awake
half asleep
jumbled gris gris
...   black words from
frantic lips
make no real sound
  and
     fall
like a silent scream
to those
who never
  care
     to
listen