The one with friends, that feels like home.

Tranquil with steaming hot nibbles

and warm, comforting, caffeine.

Each giving and taking comfort and conversation.

Time spent there is short, for work is pulling

next stop, next shop, next drink,

cold and crisp, caffeine.

Cool and sweet chocolaty treat.

Conversations swirling,

energies whirling

subtle undercurrents of love, loss, and pain.

Music soothing, over the din of trauma and spite.

Echoes of music from below.

Downstairs.

Where joy and sharing and peace

plays music in harmony.

The beat vibrates through the floor.

Complexities of life; wrapped up,

in a simple coffee shop.