Based in Northern vignia, embwrites is a blog by poet Em. Her works explore themes surrounding self exploration and emotional expression.  

A Cappuccino & A Prayer

Staring down the half-hearted-froth
of a dwindling cappuccino –
the hum of espresso buzzing
through my frazzled brain –
The faint lure of hazy words,
still just outside my grasp –

(Perhaps this calls for more espresso)

The familiar cliché of an un-artist.
Overpriced coffee shop;
succulents placed on the table just so,
a notebook of incomplete poems,
& the sirenic lure of free wifi.

So much pressure, PRESSURE!
To create,
to complete,
to churn out
performance-worthy-poetry,

(To obtain more espresso)

But the cappuccino calls –

Fall into a bubble-fueled-daydream,
anything to disengage from
my worn-out-reality

When was the last time
I wrote anything worth reading?
Something precisely profound
in all of its prolific perfection?

(At least I have espresso)

 

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