Teacup

So yesterday, I went to a creative writing conference for "emerging voices" with a friend, which was a lot of fun. I got to attend a workshop on transmedia storytelling (how to create stories people can interact with using 21st century technology) by a couple of people from The Mission Business, as well as two poetry workshops.
One of the poetry exercises I had to do was to describe an emotion using an object as a symbol.
And this is what I came up with:

Ceramic fragile under 

fingertips, 

handle bowed under its 

own weight 

it sighs, 

routines of days 

staining white 

edges,

it weeps 

as the steam escapes, 

others gentle with their touch 

cautious of the heat