Recipe

To love someone who doesn’t love you back

Is a strange feeling

A feeling of sadness with a pinch of despair

Followed by a smidgen of emptiness

Adding a toss of loneliness

Baked to the degree with the question: Why doesn’t he love me?

Cooled by the conviction of not being good enough

Plated on self-doubt

Iced with your minds misconception of being his spouse

Finished with sprinkles of the question: Did he ever love me at all once?

Now take a slice to swallow down, to release, let go and allow

These feelings you once had are no longer of value

Mr. Right is on his way

To fill you with love and care

Followed by ½ cup of support to add some flare

Placing a dash of understanding for gentleness

Rolled and kneaded with hands of security and protection

Now fry one side until golden brown with seduction

Flip to finish with loves sanction

See grandma’s recipe is always so precious

Following all the steps to complete perfection

She’d always tell me to follow this rule:

One man’s mistake in the kitchen, is another man’s golden recipe for eternity

So be patient my dear

The best recipes are always found on the ground, picked up, brushed off, straightened out, and followed with care

Copyright©2010 Mimi Lateefah Palmer