Tea on a coffee table

Ooo, this is rich like butter. I find this so warm and wanting and unapologetic in its stance. Beautiful. 💚

Thanks, P. I’ll take that comment for sure. Wonderful to know you got that from it.

Much love at you.

-M

I love your meanings.
You are a talented writer!

Thank you, though I’d love to hear your meanings. They matter too :)

-M

Impactful. Great write.

How was it impactful for you?

-M

This is what I got from your poem. I see you wanted to see how people interpret the piece. I normally do not break down work but it was suggested I should try. May not reflect what you meant but this is what I see. Fia xoxo

First stanza
Waking up with the sheet around my neck that I subconsciously wrapped around before waking up for the day
Second stanza
Looking into my cup seeing a person who's time is fleeting and wanting more
Third stanza
waking up to eyes that reflected what I felt and now is gone. I wanted it to stay but the peace we had is never coming back.

Hi Fia

Thanks for picking up on that. I have a real deep loathing for two word comments. Tell me what you thought. Tell me how it made you feel. Tell me to go fuck myself… anything. That’s our bread and butter as poets. And I always try to give the type of comments I’d like to receive. And I sorely miss that from the old days.

Thank you for taking the time to do so with your comment. I appreciate that, honestly. Good of you.

Your interpretation is interesting. Of course no interpretation is wrong. But I’m always fascinated by the nuances that different people pick up on. Yours was no exception.

Thanks for dropping in. Good of you.

-M

A-

Seriously though, this was a nice write. It spoke to me of a desire for someone special to understand you. To know your feelings and the meanings behind what you say. That its not all surface level and that maybe sometimes you struggle with expressing things in the exact way you want them to be interpreted. As if there is some hesitation to fully reveal yourself. But this desire is on a deeper level for this person and it makes you want to be less hesitant. You need this person to understand that even though some of the things you feel may seem to be negatives, they are anything but. They are reflections of how much you care about that person. You need them to know that there is no reason to feel guilt about causing you pain. You want more, not less. There is a longing in the best way possible.

Thats my interpretation.

.. I’ll take it. Because I too can be reasonable.

Thank you for this. There were certain words I picked up on in your comment here - understanding, hesitation, desire, care. All relevant themes here. So I’m super happy you got that from this.

However I think my favourite observation was “You need this person to understand that even though some of the things you feel may seem to be negatives, they are anything but” - and yeah, nail on the head right there. Sometimes, there are lessons to be found in the emotions, and poetry is very good at carrying the load in that regard.

Thanks for taking time out of your day for this. Tremendously good of you.

-M

.... finally a frustration poem I can get behind    
   
Absolutely loved this, it's actually the main reason why i've relied on poetry as a form of expression for a very long time and probably why i've mastered the disappointed Cillian Murphy face on a daily living basis. 🤣    
   
It can be incredibly difficult expressing everything to somebody you love and care for, on the flipside it can also be frustrating and difficult being able to share and express that level of vulnerability with a person you love and care for because of the uncertainty in their reaction, will they understand where you're coming from, how will they move forward with it, how will they feel about it, how will they take action from that.  
   
As a poem it brings a lot of introspection and questions regarding how humans navigate the vulnerable parts of their lives, be it with themselves or in their significant relationships with others, weirdly it actually reminded me of attachment and communication styles and how they present differently, I think I got that from your repeated lines of "What I mean by" and your title "Tea on a coffee table" because it demonstrates how people will not always understand our nuances in expression whether it's in a verbal conversation or written down on paper, expressing all of these nuanced topics through a poem laced in metaphor, well that's a very signature style of yours my twin but a lot came through here on many levels.  
   
Thank you for sharing 🙂  
   
L&R 💙  
   
-T1

I think your comment here reminds me of that quote about how it’s not a fear of showing up to do the thing, it’s the fear of being seen. And I think that that’s a really relevant thing here.

Human beings suck. There’s this huge dichotomy in living between wanting to be seen and daring to be vulnerable and also just wanting to be left the fuck alone.

I like your interpretation of the title.

Thank you for taking your time on this piece. I’m glad you can get behind it, my twin.

L&R 💚

-T2

Oh hell. What you mean is you don't. You suggest. Youj point the way with riddles, like a Threshold Guardian. The sheets twisting into the inevitable noose move through functional shapes of question mark, fish hook, to noose; the second stanza suggests an insubstantiality of the other, the breaking of the fast is more spectral than of  consequential nourishment;  the third is a return to a place where all becomes grounded, but is, as yet, imaginary and as magical as a childhood dream.

That last couplet is quietly exquisite.

I consider your work to be an on-going seminar in tightly crafted highly disciplined art. Surely you know all that.