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Coffee For One
You greet as you serve
My refreshment and stuff
Sometimes we chat
But your smile is enough
I'm not sure you know
As you dutifully grind
How this moment is special
Even just in my mind
It's not about distance
Or our difference in age
Or your ethical beans
Helping minimal wage
It's not just our chit-chat
As we pass through our day
Or ker-ching of the till
Please don't see it that way
It's deeper and precious
Though this moment is fleeting
Not robotic exchange but
Two human hearts beating
So please take the time..
Your smile lights up this space
You're more than barista
Just employed for your face
So, thank you for all
You don't know that you've done
For brightening days
With our convers-a-shun
So the next smile you give
Never vacant or empty
Will know that it carries
Significance, plenty
In these times it's too easy
To feel we don't matter
But you are carrying heaven
In our thinly veiled chatter
There are people who pass
And you'll never know who
That need more than a latte
With oatmilk and two
To be more than significant;
We all want, and then some.
So thank you, barista
For our human conn-ect-shun.
And my prayer as you settle
In front of the fire
With a well deserved brew
Or a glass of desire..
Is somewhere deep down
Though the moment was fleeting
You'll smile and be glad
For our briefest of meeting.
x
Jinjagoliath
4th February 2021
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