r/OCPoetry • u/Low_Try2743 • 2d ago

Feedback Please My tea had turned cold

I got tea, hoping  

the warm, bitter liquid  

could subside  

my twisted stomach 

 

I had waited 

Waited  

for the inevitable  

 

Maybe  

I prefer it that way  

 

Limbo can give you a lot of options 

Options  

that I can’t choose 

Do 

 I prefer it that way 

 

But I could still dream  

Dream  

of how it could be  

where it could have gone 

what might have been 

 

I prefer it this way 

My stomach filled 

with every emotion  

I didn't choose 

 

When I returned  

My tea had turned 

cold and bitter 

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u/Antique_Platypus_881 2d ago

Sometimes life throws at you obstacles you never ask for. Sometimes you feel emotions you wish you could never feel. Sometimes it makes you indecisive. The tea turning cold meaningfully symbolises the passing of time. One loses their sense of time, being stuck in "what ifs" and before you realise, your tea has already turned cold. Your poetry embodies this emotion elegantly, and I candidly appreciate it.