Morning Coffee

Like the first sip of coffee

Scalding your tongue, numbing your pain

Relieving only for a moment

To immerse in bitter sweetness

Hand in hand we walked along pavements

Sinking in our own world

Totally aloof from the maddening crowd

You caught in my smile, amongst the deafening sounds

The bizarre carelessness drove you crazy

The towels that wrapped our dreams together

Lay stranded lonely on the rod

The couch that shared our moments 

Lie vacant and pensive

The countryside we traversed

Makes me nauseous

The breeze that caressed us

Weeps over the memories

I turn around the corner, trying hard to leave

Trying to sustain the glimpses to be treasured in everlasting memory