I'm not sure if the glass is half empty or half full.
Coffee shops leave me homesick for 8 minute drives to your cul-de-sac, to your arms; you're always busy.
And although refills and ring stains hold a pointer finger to pursed lips, I can't convince myself the same when I tell you not to worry about it.
Between schoolhouse sidewalks and the pavement outside of evening shifts, I seek to fill the cracks with you.
You are my solace when coffee shops don't cut it anymore.
And neither does tomorrow.
I wish you felt the same fire that begs you to come over and hold cold hands.
And I don't mean to antagonize curfews when I ask to borrow fifteen more minutes; I pray to a forever that I know doesn't exist.
And when some higher power decides to admit to the creation of cappuccino and October leaves, I hope he departs with us still holding hands.
And if he decides that tonight is our finale, I hope that you don't whisper of tomorrow morning.
I hope that twilight strolls confess inner extremities and provoke a table for two at brunch.
I hope white sheets swallow limbs whole and leave us hungry for each other.
I hope that whipped cream and espresso shots keep us in overbearing chairs all day today.
But this is not a blockbuster.
And you don't even like coffee.
Central Resource Library’s interior will be closed on Saturday, Sept. 23 for Johnson County Library Foundation’s annual fundraising event, Library Lets Loose. The holds pickup window will remain open.