Life is not a laboratory formula
or an immutable recipe
a tinge of that and this
moments that make you happy--

in its kitchen there's to be found
salt, sugar, honey, pepper, chili
sauce, cider, lime, garlic, ginger
many more-- whether savoury

or not--it all depends on
your taste, preference and what you fancy
attitude makes all the difference
you are the chef--are you ready

your best to render?
awaiting are your friends and family
their appetites are whetting
what are the delicacies to be?

I'm a romantic--unashamedly
love and beauty means all to me
yet it's the tinge of different moods
and moments with you that I desire intimately.