A SPECIAL TEA

On the tea shop shelf

A new tea to try

A tea, for once, not from Asia

Beside the sealed tin

A notice read “Limited Supply”

Naturally I accepted the challenge

And made my purchase

Before chance was gone.

Two cups later I knew

This was a great tea,

A special tea. I wanted more.

But already, there was none

Not then or even

Months later.

I saved the label,

Just in case, and

Searched the internet.

The tea came from

Fields in Africa

Ravaged by civil war.

This news brought

The sorrow of the tea’s land

Into my home

And would not let me forget.

It was indeed

A very special tea.