For that single cup.

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for that single cup,
i sat
i thought deep
the drink is hot.

for that single cup,
i write
i wailed hard
i cry.

words never expressed
expressions left in vain unlike
the tears, so free they fall
right into that single cup --
drop by drop.

for that single cup,
i knew i was foolish
they said i'm too selfish
yet i thought they were insane.

for that single cup, i realized
you easily forget.
you never did remember.
ever.

the drink's still hot.
words still left unheeded
who will listen?
you're not here.
you never were.
no one ever was.

pain cools so easily, it remains
deep into the core of my wretched soul
never will it go, it's pointless
people sometimes are senseless.

so silent i became,
my thoughts i left chained unlike
the tears, so free they fall
right into that single cup.

for that single cup,
there, forever unheard
will my thoughts lay --
drop by drop.

and i wonder, why am i so sad? 



- Reggie Marie Barrientos, 'Grief' © 2005

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