xocolātl

cacao. intense. unforgettable.
dark chocolate cake built from the most ancient ingredient on earth.

alone, before dawn,
hands wrapped around something warm and dark.
only the feeling.
the seed had just been opened.
raw. unprocessed.
still carrying everything the earth had put inside it.
theobromine. anandamide.
five thousand years of memory
alive in the palm of both hands.
brought slowly to the lips.
as if they already knew
something was about to change.
a warmth started in the chest —
quiet at first. then spreading.
to the shoulders, down the spine,
into places that had never been touched that way.
the rush. inevitable.
like remembering something
you never knew you knew.

xocolātl.