An Ode to Coffee! ;-)

So after that last one, I had to tag on something fun. My friend Jessie Brown gave a workshop at Pollard Middle School in which we wrote as if we were an object. Naturally, I chose a coffee cup. But "mug" just sounded better.

Mug of Comfort

Sitting restfully upon
the café table as
the peaceful hum
of voices resonates
above my head.

Warm smooth hazelnut
Fills me up. She sees me as
that inviting vessel of
comfort that accompanies
Soul-filling conversation…

Funny, I am
simple stoneware like all
the others. I hear clattering
in the kitchen, soon I
will be empty, to go back
there.

How I long to stay full,
warm, inviting.