tea, a tranquilizer

Sidika Sehgal
Aug 27, 2017 · 1 min read

on a rainy day

in my boiling city

i take one moment from complaining about getting wet

and drink tea

i drink tea

because the feeling of the cool air on my cheek

juxtaposed with the steam rising from the tea

takes me back to the hills

i love that the steam fogs my spectacles up

so that when they finally clear

i can look at things afresh

and instead of sitting on a rock in the hills

i choose a step in college

or a roadside bench

or sometimes just a roadside

and sip my tea

along with all my anxieties

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