A TEA LEAF FROM CHINA..A VILLANELLE by Jude kyrie

A single tea leaf from China
By
Jude Kyrie.

A tea leaf from China is all  that it took.
I cleared the house of all of her things
In her room her glasses and an  open book.

In my old bedroom a final look
So full with memories that life can brings
A tea leaf from China is all that it took.

The tables now gone from her kitchen nook
With the vase that bloomed flowers  in a far off spring.
In her room her glasses and an  open book.

In the kitchen cupboard her rose china cup
A single dry tea leaf on its rim my tears it brings
A tea leaf from China is all that it took

I  can see her drinking from her favorite cup
Her quiet time away from all family things
In her room her glasses and an open book.

Thats when the grief  hit me, dark as soot
Her lips had touched this tiny thing.
a tea leaf from China is all that it took.

I can  see her planning her meals to cook
You are all my children you darling things.
A tea leaf from China is all that it took
In her room her glasses and an open book