There is safety in order

And in knowing that if you follow the rules exactly

You can make something special

Both beautiful and rewarding

 

Baking is chemistry

Each step leading to the next

Perfection is possible

If you follow each rule to the letter

 

I wish I could apply these rules

To the world as a whole

But social cues are ever changing

And there is no recipe to follow

 

I find peace in exact minutes

In reward for following the rules

Careful measurements

Lead to pleasing results

 

People are not cakes

Love is not frosting

I cannot knead the world into the perfect shape

 

This is harder

But that’s the point

If life was like baking

There could be no mistakes

And it wasn’t meant to be perfect, anyway