Coffee Shops in the Spring

COFFEE SHOPS IN THE SPRING
by R.D. Snow (May 2011)

Coffee shops in the spring
The sound of heart beats
Beating as they sing
Two strangers' eyes meet
Wonderin' what it would bring
Who will make a move

Coffee shops in the spring
Always remind me
How life is a tangled ball of string
The days designed to
Unravel all your dreams
And hand them out like balloons

The sun could be shining
But I wouldn't know it
The sky could be blue or green
But I wouldn't see it
Cause eyes aren't starin' back at me
In my coffee shop in the spring

Coffee shops in the spring
Coffee shops in the spring
They never comfort me
Coffee shops in the spring
I'd rather a winter breeze
So I could warm my hands around
a coffee cup and dream
that I am deep in-
deeply in love in a-

Coffee shops in the spring
The sound of heart beats
Beating as they sing
Two lovers' eyes meet
Knowin' what it will bring
Gotta make a move

Oh coffee shops in the spring
It's where romance is
In coffee shops in the spring
I'll take my chances

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R. D. Snow
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Writer’s Comments:

This is one of my favorites from the 2010/2011 era of my writing. When I started writing this, I picked the rhyme style as ABABD ABABD and went from there. I was really surprised at how well it came out and I particularly like the mouthful of words of “how life is a tangled ball of string”. I also tried to get as much alliteration (same vowel sounds in a row) as I could, such as S, B, and W in the first stanza and D in the second stanza. Go have another look!

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