The Bitter Taste of Coffee. 1 edition

All the bitter taste...
Flows. Right through you.
I drink my coffee...
Not because 
I am afraid.

I expect no gifts from fate...
I am no longer a boy...
I don’t believe in superstition and fairy tales...
And fairies do not enter my life.

She is the only one...
My faithful partner...
No fickle, shallow girl...
And I... 
I seek no reckless adventures!

I know 
A faithful wife waits at home...
And there are reliable friends...
Whom I will never let down...

And the bitter coffee taste...
Is not the sweetness 
That women and children love...
That bitter taste...
With which all life is colored...

That bitter taste...
Complex...
Like a mosaic...
Of losses and victories...
That equally...
Divide...
Life into before and after...
I try to feel...
This bitter coffee taste...
Before the day begins...

It’s not a stimulant, it’s a dream...
Not of the impossible... No...
Just not to make a mistake...
Not to let my colleagues down...
Not to show weakness anywhere...
And to justify the trust...
Of everyone who depends on me...

I am ready to feel again...
The bitter taste...
Of black coffee...
A complex question...
Awaits my decision...

A minute to reflect...
And meanwhile...
I will take five sips...
Of the aromatic...
Bitter brew...
And the taste of coffee...
Makes all my thoughts...
Line up in a row...

Not coffee. It’s me.
I am the one who forces...
All fears, all hesitations,
Doubts...
To leave... 
And right on time
I will make the right decision!

I wait...
I wait for my consciousness...
To firmly enter 
The iron armor...
And the taste of coffee...
"Mental defense...
Immunity."
Will start to work within me.

I am a strong man.
I am a strong man!
And the bitter taste...
Proves it to me...
And the whole Universe...
Is watching me,
As I walk through life...
And the bitter coffee taste...
I will find again today...

All the bitter taste...
Flows. Right through you.
I drink my coffee...
Not because 
I am afraid.

I drink my coffee.
Because I am sure of myself.
I know,
That I will manage!
That I won’t make a mistake!

I drink my coffee.
Confidently and firmly
I walk my life’s path.
Because...
I can do...
Everything, I can do everything!..
I can do everything!..

3.09.2026
Lyrics written by M.Nikitsin©2026 M.Nikitsin All rights reserved.
Авторский текст "Горький вкус кофе". 2.09.2026, Михаил Генрихович Никитин 
© Михаил Никитин, 2026 Авторские права защищены 
Перевод с русского оригинального текста сделан с помощью ИИ.