Kneading Instructions

[banyangirl1832]

Be gentle.

Let the dough slide through your hands.

Let your hands be grease-marked and slippery

Fish, gliding.

Punch the dough down, not too hard.

Massage your love into it,

your want, your longing.

Listen - what does it want?

Wet your fingers under the tap,

let the droplets dance across the craggy bundle.

Not too much.

You can always add

Comments

[d0gs]

Loved the flow of this!

[karmasoup]

This is as much a recipe for getting through life as most anything I've come across... I love the simple wisdom here, and how unexpectedly deep it is.

[nikkiii_brown]

I so agree with you!

[gingergirlslove]

Great self-care and word flow!

[ellison]

The feeling of this is really calm and beautiful. I love the literal and symbolic meaning felt throughout. I love the gentle rhythm of it.

[estelle]

It'll smooth out, it always does.

Put away all your rage and sorrow,

those will keep.

Very wise.