Soul Foraging
I try being positive
Through the daily prerogative
Of my stomach, my belly
Just yelling and yelling.
For positive nutrition.
And live cells to be in it.
Before food from a package
Evolves into false satisfaction
My eyes wander
And my thoughts ponder
To the never ending question…
What’s this made of again?
Ohhhh…
Just a dabble of high fructose
With a lick of glucose
Making the most
Of the unhealthy, empty
Preservatives never worth saving
False cravings
So physically draining
How fucking annoying.
And all I wanted was a munchie fix.
But one habit I’ve had since age six,
Is to endlessly read ingredient lists
They forever
had me wondering
Why can’t I pronounce the food we eat?
How can my body recognize what’s inside,
When my brain can’t pronounce
The nutrition denied?
What’s this consumption mystery about?
Why do I even doubt,
something packaged,
Labeled: ready to consume?
Its like my intuition knows
It’s fake, a mistake,
food headed for doom!
And I turn to the nearest of trees
Get lost in the leaves
Searching for fruit
To recognize edible
I don’t have to settle
For understanding literary phonics
Or society’s Ebonics
To enjoy physical fulfillment
So happy, such feeling
Vibrational healing
A live sacrifice
From that juice
Bears life
I don’t need to read an apple
Or a seed
to feel the growth inside of me
Just be silent and see
You and the tree
Just loved happily
Giving and sharing
The smiles you’re wearing
You get out what you put in
That’s how trees begin again
With caring and nurture
Green leaves
A bright future
To blossom and be.
The gift of life
you see,
Is in the possibility.
My body just knows what food is alive,
like you and me.
The seed plants roots
Branches dream as they shoot.
And when real is real,
And love is love,
My sight
Turned light
From the stars lit above
Glances at the cherry
A celebration
that has
an ingredient list
Of love foremost.
Caring number two.
Three is the eye
and the way to see.
Four,
Drop the ego and soar.
Lastly,
Five
be alive.
And bite down hard,
until your teeth hit the core,
you want more.
Life is all you have
and all you dream
and love is the only way to
keep your hopes Alive
and your heart feeling pure
Energy Consciousness
the moment’s the cure.