Coffee Ring

Coffee Ring

Same diner booth after six years
Paper placemat, chipped white cup
You remember rain on the window
I remember how the sun came up
You say I left before dessert
I swear we stayed till nearly two
Funny how two people can carry
Different weather from the same room

Coffee Ring, two stories on one table
Coffee Ring, both of us sure and neither able
We remembered the goodbye, forgot the same sentence
Coffee Ring, love leaves different evidence

You say I wore the blue shirt
I say I had the black one on
You remember I said don't call
I remember asking you to come
Then you mention one small sentence
Take care of yourself for me
Both of us go silent
Because somehow that one thing agrees

Maybe truth was never one replay
Maybe grief edits what it needs
We remembered the goodbye and forgot the same sentence
That dark mug ring on the paper placemat stayed with me

Coffee Ring, leave the cups right there
Coffee Ring, neither memory is unfair
We remembered the goodbye, now we found the sentence
Coffee Ring, that's enough evidence

Coffee Ring