measure, breathe, begin.

Salt like snow and thyme like rain,
 steam writes notes on the windowpane.
 Hands learn prayers the wrists remember,
 stirring circles, slow as embers.
 Garlic, mercy, pepper, peace, 
 fragrance loosens knotted grief.
 Heap the ladle, keep it low;
 what we keep, we let it go.
 Names are seeds in broth made bright,
 dissolving gently into light.
 Clocks go quiet, chairs grow kind,
 heat unwinds the hardened mind.
 Bowl to lip, we learn the art, 
 warmth from world to mouth to heart.

 mmm-mmm, m-m-mm | mmm-mmm, stay
 mmm-mmm, m-m-mm | place the day

Bitters first; then sweetness follows, 
 onions teach the shallow hollows.
 Sizzle writes a softer grammar,
 oil forgives the sharp of hammer.
 Bread says nothing, says it best;
 crumbs make altars, crumbs make rest.
 Lay the spoons like tiny moons,
 orbit bowls in patient tunes.
 Heat translates the tongue of stone,
 turns alone to less alone.
 Sip by sip the body knows,
 how a humble solace grows.
 What is gone is not destroyed, 
 steam makes music of the void.

mmm-mmm, m-m-mm | come in, sit near
 mmm-mmm, m-m-mm | blessed bowl, bear

ladle low.
let it flow.
bless the salt.
not your fault.
bowls like bells.
ring the wells.

We don’t plead; we practice giving, 
 heat is how the hands say living.
 Herbs confess their green religion,
 stock recalls the bone’s decision.
 Table holds our ordinary, 
 porcelain as sanctuary.
 Take, and take the time it takes,
 quiet mends the minor breaks.
 If a shadow lifts its face,
 offer warmth, not proof or place.
 If a memory knocks the glass,
 let it in, then let it pass.
 Let the broth keep speaking low, 
 love is ladled, never owned.

mmm-mmm, m-m-mm | night turns mild
 mmm-mmm, m-m-mm | sweetest child
 mmm-mmm, m-m-mm | dream, little light
 mmm-mmm, m-m-mm | sweet dream, goodnight

soup for ghosts

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soup for ghosts

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