Green Tea Experience

wild outside

the classic combination

cold, wind, heavy rain

four o'clock in the afternoon.

I had gone out to feed the rabbits and the wild birds

that so enhance my life.

by the time I had got back in my hands were cold, almost numb.

I put the kettle on

made a gentle green tea.

cupped the sandy ceramic curves

and the warmth brought my palms

and inner fingers back to life

I turned my hands around

to allow the back of the fingers

to benefit from some of the warmth

then loved one, two, three grateful sips

and my mouth enjoyed taste and warmth

all too soon finished

hands still warming

wind still gusting.

me, safe, snug, in love with life