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Pouring From an Empty Cup


by Anchal Jain



You can't pour from an empty cup.

You can't pour from an empty cup.

You can only pour from an overflowing cup.

You can't pour from an empty cup.

But what do you do when you have an empty cup and no one to pour into that cup?

You can't pour from an empty cup.


You can't pour from an empty cup.

How do I fill my cup?

I have tasted 1000 things, don't want any of that in my cup.

I see something in that cup. I want to try it.

But I don't know how to get to that cup.

You can't pour from an empty cup.


You can't pour from an empty cup.

I watched their cup and tried to copy the recipe so I could taste what their cup tastes like.

My cup doesn’t look anything like what I see in their cup, so how do I even know if it will taste like what's in their cup?

You can't pour from an empty cup.


You can't pour from an empty cup.

I will keep filling my cup, Till I find a taste that I like,

It doesn’t need to be yummy, I don’t have to love it.

I just want a cup with something in it that I can say is my cup.

You can't pour from an empty cup.


You can't pour from an empty cup.

I just want a cup,I just want MY CUP.

I just want something in my cup,I want something I like in my cup.

I can pour from my cup.


I can pour from my cup.

Let it overflow.

Others can fill their cup,

They can try the taste of what's in my cup.

I will share my recipe if they want more.

I can pour from my cup.

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