steam rises from the tea. consider these things
how did this cup come to be?
a skilled artisan learned from skilled potters who learned from their teachers and so on
a ceramic with multiple sources, and also the celadon glaze
a kiln in which it was fired; wood that provided heat
a building itself that housed this all
thus it is with the tea
tea farmers, masters all, helped by family and community and so on
(Only a village produces fine tea.)
trees dependent upon rain, earth, and light
countless different elements interconnected
change one, and the whole transforms
each lift of the cup and sip of the tea,
the entire world is joined