The theme today is recipe…
Cooking on Gas
To love
and be loved in return.
Not always easy.
But worth it.
Indubitably.
First, let go of control.
Let go of perfection.
Not always easy
I know,
but they will flatten
a cake faster than
an intemperate oven.
While you’re at it,
cast out fear.
It plays no part here.
Whisk it out
of the laboratory of love
because this kitchen is
one of everyday
and earthly delight.
Inevitably,
you will scorch.
you will drop items.
You will break,
possibly even injure yourself
and the beloved in the process
(amateurs that you are),
substitute ingredients,
twitch your nose and
magic up a meal in a twinkle
(improvisers that you are.)
When you are down
to your last pot
you still have the fire.
For nothing is lost
until that last
whoosh of air
is expelled.
And even then
there is still the savour
on the tongue of memory
speaking all the ways
we made it new,
still do,
even after we thought
the pot was empty.
Sojourning Smith 