Six Teas (Poem)

I: A scientist is someone who endlessly studies the facts, the "why" and "how".

II: An artist is someone who translates their world for others to experience.

III: Both often experience infinite curiosity.

IV: Sometimes one is both a scientist and an artist.

V: Forever searching out the "why"s, and blending their mind to create something others will understand.

VI: Most just want to be seen and understood, as this artist does.

VII: Enter the world and mind of a transmasc nonhuman living in a human body.

VIII: Please understand that all found herein is subject to interpretation.

IX: May your world be the richer for peering through these strange and intense glasses.

The calm and floral

notes of Jasmine Green

first they dance, and then linger

and remind me of

the flowering spring

The earthy-smoky

hints in Keemun

remind me of the

sightly smoky woods

into which I walk

The nutty-grassy

taste in Kukicha tea

is one in which I do delight

it tastes like autumn, it tastes of lake

and of the fresh-cut grass

The buttery-nutty taste

can be found in Milk Oolong

it tastes of fresh churned butter

and holds me many memories

I smile when I taste this tea

I like the taste of White Peony

that reminds me of

the summer rain

of fresh fallen autumn leaves

and of melting winter snow

The taste of Pu-erh of many kinds

always has and always will

remind me of the spring

whether walking in the rainy wood

or in my garden planting seed

A Flittering Flame