contrasts

everyone else is working.
me, I’m sitting
in the backyard
with donut
and coffee.

a simple moment of pure luxury.

stopping.
listening.
tasting.
sipping.

birds chirp.
crickets trill.
a train whistles.

a crunch
as my teeth
sink into the glaze.

sweetness spreads
onto my tongue,
followed by the
tart burst
of blueberry.

warm and dark,
bitter coffee
tempers
the donut’s sweetness.

contrasts
in flavors
like the
contrasts
in life.

we need both,
the sweet and the bitter.