Serena Malcolm

Recent work in progress…. some food for thought, if you will 😜

Soul Food

I like my religion
as an aside,
As a bowl of convention
(and a bone of contention)
just to the side
of my entrée,
I find
I like
small pieces
to pick at
whenever
I decide,
That are
easy to swallow,
barely touching
the sides,
That is the undenied
truth;
Religion is
a mere amuse bouche
I did not choose
(and often refuse)…
But faith?
Now, faith is infused
with the food,
Like the salt that I shake,
No mistake,
I can taste
that it’s laced itself
deep in my main,
Impossible
to extricate,
One and the same,
Not
enhancing
but shaping
each bite that I take.