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Filling Spice Jar's as Your Wife

Spice Journeys: Cultures and Traditions

By zulfi buxPublished about a year ago 1 min read

In the quiet of the kitchen, sunlight falls,
Golden and warm on these spice-splashed walls.
I lift each jar with a gentle hand,
Knowing this rhythm, like shifting sand.

Paprika, saffron, turmeric’s gold,
Stories of lands and tales untold.
Each grain, each pinch, a whisper of time,
Weaving a love like a seasoned rhyme.

I feel the weight of cinnamon's bark,
A rich, sweet scent, both bright and dark.
Ginger, cayenne—fire in disguise,
A dance of warmth in our humble guise.

Together, we’ve filled jars and lives,
Through flavors and days as husband and wife.
This simple task, this seasoned art,
Turns dust to dreams in a beating heart.

With every shake, a memory stirs—
First glances, shy laughs, now ours, now hers.
For filling these jars is more than it seems;
It’s crafting a life of layered dreams.

From cumin's earth to nutmeg's spice,
A blend of trials, moments nice.
We season, we savor, both bitter and sweet,
In our shared kitchen, love’s heartbeat.

So here’s to the spice jars, each filled anew,
To flavors we’ve savored and those still due.
In this rhythm, this quiet, we find our way,
Side by side, come what may.

Each pinch, each sprinkle, a vow to stay,
In love, in spice, come what may.

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  • Caitlin Charltonabout a year ago

    Spiced-splashed wall makes me think of a kitchen well loved, well lived in. ~Knowing this rhythm like shifting sand~ certain seasonings look like sand the fine grain is flung to the side, ready to exit the opening into the pot. I love how the second group of lines listed a few of them. I'm glad that cayenne was mentioned, I can't handle spiciness at all. The toilet can attest to this 😂 I love how you fitted the husband and wife into the rhyme, it was so smooth. ~turns dust to dreams in a beating heart~ my mind is blown. Seasonings are in dust form, and it enters the body in order to create romance through taste 🤯 You think of everything when it comes to your poems and always execute them well. Such a lovely read, I am suppose to be sleeping but I can't help myself. I love the cover photo too, the yellow in the background was eye catching.

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