Coffee is Where it Starts

Inhale the steam and write your dream.

Photo by Mike Kenneally on Unsplash

I have a thousand tiny habits

That push me through my work

A thousand little helpers

That things wouldn’t get done without

But coffee is where it starts

Where it starts and where it ends

Dark and hot and aromatic

Perfect with friends or alone

I make it through my morning rituals

And I sit down to write

‘Bout fighting or fucking or horoscopes

Or marketing tips and tricks

And coffee is where it starts

Where it starts and where it ends

Black and warm and pungent

Helping my focus find its mark

The words flow hot and heavy

Or sometimes dry and slow

But I get them down and edit

‘Till they read well enough to publish

And coffee is where it starts

Where it starts and where it ends

Potent and rich and cooling now

I guess I’d better begin again.