Food, Musings, Music
I have all of these random thoughtsMy mind is looseSpiralingGoing down the rabbit holeOn a journey with no map, noChosen destinationRandomly twelve year old me thinks“Someday, someone is going to want me”And abruptlyThirty three year old me starts cryingThe quiet part of my mind watchesDetachedSurprisedIn exhaustion I feel both the sensations that I am “Okay”and […]
MoreWhen you were here I could speak without words When you were here I could listen without sound A kiss for hello A touch for your mine This is language of our old life I miss your hands on my neck And your body on mine I miss your laugh and your moods And the […]
MoreHate is the thing that thrives in disguise Hidden behind righteousness The cloak is Justice but it’s true face is Vengeance Hate is the Boogeyman in the closet The gun that thinks it’s name is protection Familiarity may be a comfort But it’s dark side is fear of what we don’t understand Fear of the […]
MoreMy glass holds a little more liquid gold I was skeptical at first But came to appreciate it’s value My heart has been warmed by the joy Of good music and true emotion And for now I can ignore the turmoil Forget the fear The music and the gold have pushed until tomorrow Th weight […]
MoreI wrote a poem once About the secret How we find it and lose it How we could learn from it Not take it for granted At least I think so I lost the poem But I’m always trying to remember it I know it was important I know that my 11 year old self […]
MoreAre there stale gummy bears where you go? Made Pink and Gold with Dom Perignon And filled with memories and ghosts of love long gone Are there bubbles of champagne Made of late nights And filled with laughter and bad white boy dance moves Unpaid tabs and Spanish better left unsaid Is there […]
More“Don’t stay in a place that’s abusive, that’s not supportive of your growth and your sustained inclusion as part of the staff…Think of it as a buyer’s market…If you ‘buy’ your experience from the kind of place with a sustainable kitchen culture, it will put pressure on other kitchens to ‘sell’ the kind of culture that you are ‘buying’.”
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