The Random Individual

Starbucks

I sat down in Starbucks today.

All I could think of was the last time I sat there.

It was when you were still just a text away.

When I could look forward to seeing you again.

I sat down in Starbucks today.

I bought a venti matcha tea.

It was one of your favorite drinks

But now I must enjoy it alone

There\'s nobody with me in the booth

I sat down in Starbucks today.

I pulled out my laptop to try writing a song about tomorrow

But all I could think about were countless yesterdays

So I wrote about those instead

I sat down in Starbucks today.

I sat in the corner by a window, looking out at everyone

Nobody ever noticed me

Not much different than time with you, honestly.

I sat down in Starbucks today.

The matcha tasted sweet like your embrace

Bitter like your departure

It was green like the envy that consumed me

I sat down in Starbucks today.

So many people within a small physical space

But all of them infinitely distanced emotionally

Each of them, a discrete point in the universe

I sat down in Starbucks today.

And I acted like that time there was different.

Like that time there was worse than normal.

But it was a typical moment of my day.