Duck Fat Potatoes.
Duck fat potatoes
My body said yes
even though it makes no sense
to any of the science
or the holistic
regenerative
cleansing
ancient wisdom
I’ve studied over years
“Simple. No story.” Says my body.
“Who’s really eating?” Says one voice.
“You’re about to get your period, do it”
says another
“Get some greens to go with it”
says the part of me that
always wants to justify
my choices for pure deliciousness,
with something obligatory.
What does it mean
to be a woman so vital
and alive
so knowledgeable
and devoted
who can still decide
on a rainy Sunday night
that tonight
for dinner
i want a bowl of duck fat potatoes
and only a bowl of duck fat potatoes
I don’t want greens
if I don’t want greens
are greens enlivening
for the body
If they’re obligatory
and not chosen?
I want my body to digest
the beautiful
simplicity
of a decision made
from the knowing
that I can be trusted
to make the most true choices
and that I am safe to make
the most delicious choices
and that sure
i don’t live a life where
I’d eat duck fat potatoes everyday
because my standards are golden
and nature and intuition
are things that work
and authentic desire
works too
And I can trust my authentic desire
Without making it mean something
And I can have what I most authentically
Intuitively want
In my food
My business
My life
Without adding all little things
I don’t want
like a Facebook account
or the title ‘coach’
or superficial friendships
or obligatory Swiss chard
Because we are not burdened
because we choose exactly what we want
We are burdened because we
choose it AND
we make ourselves add in
obligatory bits around it.
I can trust my authentic desires
they have a different tone
and origination
than avoidant ones
and authentic desires
are the highest self
saying
drop the stories
i don’t play there
I trust her
with my life
I trust that my golden standards
for vitality and life force
also means
golden standards
for now truth
deliciousness
and the mystery
of the
taste buds (of the soul).
~ Peta Kelly
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