decaf won't do...i need an intervention.

I hate to say it, but I'm addicted to coffee. Horribly addicted. Horribly. I love it! I love the smell, the taste, the cup, the process, the sipping, the nurturing, the ritual, the anticipation...yes, obsessed.
I started drinking coffee at a very young age, in fact I can't remember a time that I didn't drink it. It's always been there to relax with. Coffee has been consistent during periods of upheaval. Coffee is always present during times of deep conversation with friends. Coffee is dependable!
I first started sensing something was off when I started getting excited to go to bed just so that I could wake up to have my morning coffee. Odd. I also realized I had issues when I could consume copious amounts of the drink and still crave more. It's music to my ears when someone offers a coffee and it's candy to my eyes to see a Tim Horton's sign.

No, decaf just wont do...I need an intervention. In my attempt to simplify I've decided to walk away from my life long friend for a little while. I don't feel healthy being so addicted to a little drink. Like I've said before, I need to de-clutter and make room for the Lord to speak. Some may wonder what the heck drinking coffee has to do with hearing God but I know that it will be good for me on many levels. I'll try not to cry too much.

As poorly written as it is, I HAVE to include a poem that I wrote in Jr. High because it's just so fitting. It shows just how obsessed I am. Enjoy.

COFFEE

I sit and I watch. I watch the white come out in a heavenly waterfall.

So smooth.

So silky.

It begins to live and have a purpose.

It pours out of it's tightly sealed life and falls

down,

down,

down.

It meets with the darkness.

Like volcanic lava it bundles,

slides,

settles.

It changes faces before my eyes.

I look into it and bring it to my mouth.

My awaiting tongue reaches for the taste of it.

I am immediately lifted.

A renewal,

a cleansing,

rushes through my blood.

I hold the sweet yet bitter flavour and await the next

downpour of this heavenly potion called

coffee.

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Amelia Kate - 10 months