Cup of Love
Cup of love
I create you
And consume you
Every day
Froth you
Grind you
Tamp you down
Extract all there is
From your little bean
Then I
Pour it into your frothy foam
And that first sip of heavenly you
Makes me love life
Yesterday I noticed
Your heart rose to the surface
After my first morning kiss
And I took a picture to show the world
Someone loves me
But as I was cropping and zooming
I noticed what I thought was a black hair
Running over your rim
Gross
Not mine
(like the ones left
on my pillow).
On further inspection
I realized it wasn't a remnant
Of... bittersweet
But you were cracked
From top to bottom
Broken
Broken thing
Can only broken things
Love me?
No, they can
Ans they do
To hold a butterfly and
Not hurt its wings
So delicate
I can't hold you closely
Even when you're so
Feathery soft
You tickle my heart
Fly--fly away--love
Before I break you
Or waste your magic dust
On anything that could drag you down
Like this cup that loves me
That I'm sure I broke in some
Clumsy manner
And never knew
Until it fell apart in my hands
Fly-fly away-love
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