The ingredients of us are never
\nexact measurements. Just thrown together at will
\nand upon necessity, combined with hopeful efforts
\nthat something worthy will become of our mixing.<\/p>\n
A dash of words chosen for us, to define us,
\nto spend our young adult lives trying to unshackle
\nfrom whom we had grown into.
\nA splash of distant mother, a shake of detached father,
\na pinch of childhood ending too soon.
\nA handful of home that felt unsafe,
\nand a generous amount of life\u2019s imperfections.<\/p>\n
The ingredients of us are the most delicious parts,
\neach tantalizing on its own, spoon-licking trauma
\nnurtured by an unrelenting hand. Swirled together
\nin an heirloom bowl, passed down from one generation
\nto the next, wherein each was created the meal of their own making,
\nevery part a distinguishing feature of a repeating recipe.<\/p>\n
And in our time we took the bowl, added to it
\nthe secrets of our families\u2019 history,
\nmixed equal portions of good and bad
\nuntil our story became a creation of both.
\nAnd now we eat this bread we inherited.
\nThis bread we contributed to, changed slightly,
\nand will pass on to our children,
\nin the same mixing bowl, still holding all the cracks of the past,
\nand some new, as evidence of our use.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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