(coffee with cream)

(coffee with cream)

when you shed light on my darkness 

I won’t illuminate 

like sunshine on shadows-

instant vibrancy revived,

polarity, clarity of color 

-but like cream in coffee

the pour of that heavy white 

sinks and spreads

spiraling down, down, 

down to meet the bottom 

to embrace my deepest, darkest bits 

before blooming back to the top

to breathe: 

      “I saw it all”

and I’d find myself swirling

not as two separate entities 

but as both light and dark dancing 

as one

I am coffee with cream 

and if you hold me like that 

exactly as I am

I may just feel warm in your hands 

on your tongue

without either of us 

getting burnt 

with      so      much      more 

than a bitter aftertaste

@paige.thepoet