Spaces form between foreign fingers,
Resting hands go stale on oak tables
Where infatuation peeks and lingers.
Cups and candles placed like pawns
Waiting for battle, cups and candles
Lay between love and smiles.
Plates take their seats, carrying
Conversations and dripping mistakes
From one mouth to another.
Glasses touching and kissing,
Stirring desire into love, and
Teaching courage how to dance.
Knives and forks lay dormant,
Imprisoned to the landscape
By moving lips and perpetual talks.
Chatter comes floating, bound
To the bubbles and the foaming,
And ending at ears steaming.
Spilt love soaks the evening,
Washed out by late night dreaming,
Disguised as buoyant thinking.