universe: a poem

your chest is the earth
your fingers are the roots

your breath is the air
your mouth is the ocean

your cells are the creatures
and your hair is the jungle
 
you create our own world
your very own universe

your thoughts: a poem

 your thoughts are not bad
 just because they don’t like them
 and their god doesn’t like them
 your god
 likes you enough
 just fine
 just the way you are
 who are
 they
 to tell you differently?

Pizza Dough Recipe

Ingredients:

-2 1/3 cups flour

-2 1/4 tsp instant yeast

-1 1/2 tsp white sugar

-3/4 tsp salt

-1 dash of garlic powder (to taste)

-2 TBS olive oil

-3/4 cup warm water

Recipe Instructions:

-Preheat oven to 425 degrees.

-In a large bowl, mix together 1 cup flour, 2 1/4 tsp instant yeast, 1 1/2 tsp white sugar, and 3/4 tsp salt. Add in 1 dash of garlic powder (optional, but delicious).

-Add 2 TBS olive oil and 3/4 cups warm water. Stir until smooth.

-Gradual add in 1 1/3 cup flour and stir until dough forms a ball and sticks to the sides of the bowl.

-In another bowl, coat the sides of the bowl with olive oil. Put the ball of pizza dough in this bowl and roll it around so that the olive oil covers the ball of dough.

-Cover the bowl in a warm place and let rest for about 30 mins. The stove above the preheating oven is usually a good place.

-Once the dough is done rising for 30 mins, knead the dough. Bake at about 25-30 mins.

-Enjoy! 🙂

You can use this recipe to make pizza, bread sticks, or even Stromboli (pictured).

meditation: a poem

 close your eyes
 until you bleed out roots of light
 and sink into the earth
 and fall asleep

Banana Bread

Ingredients:

-1/4 cup unsalted butter

-1/2 cup light brown sugar

-1 egg

-1 crushed overripe banana

-3/4 cup flour

-1/2 tsp baking soda

-1/4 tsp salt

-1/4 tsp vanilla

-1/2 cup walnuts (optional)

Instructions:

-Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

-Cream together 1/4 cup unsalted butter and 1/2 cup light brown sugar.

-Add in 1 egg and 1 crushed overripe banana and mix until combined.

-Add in 3/4 cup flour, 1/2 tsp baking soda, 1/4 tsp salt, and 1/4 tsp vanilla. Add in half a cup of walnuts (optional) and mix until fully combined.

-Spread batter in a well-greased pan and bake for about 20 mins at 350 degrees. Check if done by stabbing with a knife and making sure it comes out clean.

-Enjoy! 🙂

mothers and sisters: a poem

 I find myself constantly searching
 for mothers and sisters in the women around me
 and being let down all over again
 when the wires don’t connect
 it’s hard
 being disappointed by family

wallflower: a poem

 you have to make them
 make room for you
 or you'll never learn
 how to fly