It’s not just a coffee. Wait… Maybe it is. Maybe it is just a coffee at times— When the melody of grinding beans doesn’t sing to your ears, When the slightest clatter of cups doesn’t excite your senses. Maybe it is just a coffee If it doesn’t pull your thoughts toward that one cup, with a faded background, Or if you can resist breathing in its magic Before you sip it down. Would it be just a coffee If the first sip doesn’t melt away the weight you retain? Or if you don’t sip it with a quiet fear— A fear of losing the memory of its taste Until you see it again? Maybe, yes, it is just a coffee When the last sip left in the cup doesn’t trouble your mind. Or when the sound of the cup, Softly hugging back onto its saucer, Doesn’t whisper a gentle, “Goodbye… until next time.. -the tiramasu cappuccino!
The door lock clicked open as Ariv walked back into his silent flat. He walked in with his shoes on and dropped his bag on the floor. He immediately reached for the switchboard and turned on the lights. He stood at the same spot, looking around at his flat that had been left in a mess after he had rushed out horribly for work in the morning. “Oh man! Was I this messy?” he thought to himself as he stepped toward the couch. He untied his shoes and threw them into a corner. His mobile buzzed with continuous notifications from work. He noticed a couple of messages tagged ‘@ariv’ in the work group. It didn’t take long before his brows locked while looking at the home screen. He got up to breathe away from the mobile screen and continued with his chores. He sorted the mess in the hall, placed his clothes in the laundry, served his food hot from the casserole, and sat peacefully. “Okay! Let’s see, it’s not such a difficult task. We can complete the documentation by tomorrow evening. Well, tha...
The knots untangled, the weights finally let down, you slept your way through the dawn... unmoved, unbothered, detached, and calm. While the world around you trembled with your absence, maybe more worried about surviving the loss than knowing how to face it. And maybe I should be happy that I no longer have to watch you in pain, through that painful life, through that endless cycle to sustain. The songs you sang, the stories you told, the lessons you taught, the memories of you that i still hold Were they little pieces of you, you left with us, knowing that one day we would need them to remember you? I let you sleep while I stood there with tears in my eyes, trying to memorize a face I already knew by heart. And I whispered— "I want you to remember me in every other life you take." I just have you within me. In the air I breathe. In the silence between my thoughts. In the energy that surrounds me. In every little thing that somehow still feels like you exist. In the wardrobe ...
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