Critique this maybe?

[billy]

Perhaps I am bitter like a dark tea
Heated and steeped in a ceramic mug
Always seeming to let a little spill
Unexpectedly.

Perhaps I am bitter like a dark tea
That burns when sipped too soon or too quickly
In a ritual that is repeated
Nonetheless.

Perhaps I am bitter like a dark tea
Filled with gritty leaves that swim in circles
Feeling that they are only pollution,
Unnecessary.

Perhaps I am bitter like a dark tea
But no one would ever really know it
Because I am diluted and sweetened,
Hoping

and perhaps you are none of the above? the problem with perhaps, is that it dilutes the poem like sugar dilutes the bitterness. i think it and all poems should have a title. if you called this one perhaps. you could remove all the other perhaps and let the title tote the work back.

i wasn't keen on the singular worded last lines of each stanza as i thing they detracted from the piece. each stanza being summed up for me. perhaps i'm wrong though

overall a good poem.
thanks for the read.