A single tea leaf from China By Jude Kyrie. A tea leaf from China is all it took. I cleared the house of all her things In her room her glasses and an open book. In my old room a final look So full with memories that life brings A tea leaf from China is all it took. The tables gone from the kitchen nook With the vase that bloomed in a far off spring. In her room her glasses and an open book. In the kitchen cupboard a rose china cup A single tea leaf on its rim my tears it brings A tea leaf from China is all it took I see her drinking from her favorite cup Her quiet time away from 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 it took. I see her planning her meals to cook You are my children you darling things. A tea leaf from China is all it took In her room her glasses and an open book