The Coffee Shop- The All Is Lost Moment

Months had lapsed

Since last I sipped

That special tea,

Yet each day on

Return I would,

All,

For another chance at sight

 And so the day would then come

Where between the wiping down

Of empty tables and the trivial

Courtesies shared, between waitresses

And the occasional “refill” directed at you

Alive lit the double glass

A rainbow was there to pass

Gleaming colors would abound

Time did then stop; I heard not a sound

As she skipped the crowded street before me there

Twenty to the table placed,

For about six dollars worth of grub-

A small tip to pay for a chance at love,

And to the door, rush did I,

Out the jingle, jangle of storefront bell

To the street I’ve come to know so well

Out there, amongst the sea of autonomy,

Eclipsed my eyes did she, the epitome of

Everything I would wish in life

I rushed through suits as fast I could

Wiggling past the swinging purses and

The clapping of canes, to her side I sped

So brave

And there she was; and there I stood

My throat had cleared; the speech prepared

For months on end, itching for its time,

It was now here; it was past due

         When then he came beside her

         With slowing pace I began to lag

         Thinking positive thoughts, just

         To stay in the right frame, brother,

         Cousin, coworker, friend, anything, any message other than

         What that embrace a moment later would there send.