Coffee

Coffee
Jerry McCarthy

When we sleep, our personal darkness drains out of us
And floats upwards into the night
To replenish the spaces between the stars.

We awake hollow and empty and light
And in need of some fresh new darkness
To recharge our soul’s energy.

Coffee is the hot enlivening darkness
We pour into ourselves to put back the night
So that we, as tiny specks of dust, can shine again
Against the great cold dark matter of all that is.

Double mochaccino latte grande day
Banish our light, empty, sleepy selves away.
Amen.