Tea

Tea with
Milk
Tea with
Lemon
Tea with
Sweetener
Tea with
Our friends
Or alone,
A cup of tea
Allows ceremony
Allows symmetry
And a hot sip
With honey
On a cold
Spring
Day.
The heart
Given is like
A cup of tea
Refreshing to
Share in ancient
Ceremonies ever
Symmetrical over
Millennia of couples
Always sweetly recalled
My own tea party for two
Never too far from my mind.
Love is not a garnish but
A staple of life we need
Like food and drink
Like music heard
Books we read
Art we see
But tea’s
Nice.