Like Unsweetened Coffee

by daniellaa222

I have this taste in my mouth
Bitter
Like lemon and dandelion but no color

Sometimes I get the taste of metal
-Of old pennies under my tongue-
Just before a cold
I guess I put my money where your
Mouth was

But this one
I feel its heaviness
In the back of my throat

This one
I can't swallow without
Suffocating

This one I can smell
Like dew
The rain abandoned last night
And it wants to know why

This one eats at me
And the more we taste each other
The more I salivate
The more I cry insane
The more twisted
My perspective

So I try to get it out
With wine and blades
With words
With poetry
But its one of those
Longer-Lasting
Flavors

This one
I get

When I know you’re leaving

So I keep spitting into the sink
I keep washing down the taste

But you keep leaving