Reading the Leaves

Machu Picchu, Peru

Pause. Partake of tea. 

Switch the swell of crisis off
a boil––to savor
harvested serenity.
Steep a fragrant cup.

                  ~ LCMH








Note: although aiming to be a tanka (5-7-5-7-7), this poem became a variant (5-7-5-7-5)