For Yourself

You're not for everyone and thank god you just have to be for yourself.

Photo by Jason Yuen on Unsplash

Be the cup of tea 
you never get sick of,
you look forward to
after those hard days 
you wish you could summon
the courage to make the last,
you pine and yearn after
because it'll be your panacea
to blood that anchors down
upon the space in-between
the brow and forehead—
an empty ceramic crib
but instead of tea-leaves
flip…