Quick Spoken Word - Green Tea by Dan Patmore
Channel: Dan Patmore Ukulele videos
Date: 2011-11-19

This morning, I had a few minutes peace to work on some words, and ended up penning this ode to green tea. The recording isn't well framed or edited, but it's a simple quick moment of words.

Green Tea by Dan Patmore (http://www.danpatmore.com)

A quick verse on making a brew
You see as the kettle boils I'm fooling myself
Reaching for the builders tea, gunna blow my head off
And send caffeine coursing through my veins
Quicken my heart and shift some brain pain
But no. I see it looking at me,
The packet of the decaffeinated green tea
Peaceful and humble in a box of green,
Oh how witty and poetic it seems
You see it's peaceful, helps me feel calm
And as I drink I feel it settle my body
Like the drop in the waves as the wind dies away
So I contemplate it further still, 
like it's a battle of good and evil
Stewing in the mug of my soul
But it's cool, the day is long and I've plenty of time
So I grab what it is green before changing my mind

The1st  sip is hot and threatens my lips
But as I swallow it warms from the tip
Of my tongue and I'm left feeling validated
Peaceful and warm comfortably salivating
On a day of fun, and love with my family
Imperfect and swirling, sometimes perfectly maddening
Toddlers are fierce and so can be their mothers
Especially when a foetus takes hold again
But it's cool. They are my people, and with them
The world makes sense.
Like a mug of green tea, decaffeinated and peaceful