This is a well written poem. The metaphors you have used do well to encapsulate the emotions you feel right now. When I hear the word salt I personally envision an emotion of anger and possibly sadness, which you have had a lot of in your life (as most people have). But I really enjoy the spin you put on it because you filled it with hope. You have cried your tears of negativity, now you want to use those tears to be your guide and strength, you want to put your negative feelings to good use, so to speak.

The word peppery is well used in the context you use here. More negative emotions ( irritable) or in the case you used wise, you have had to wade through these negative emotions to make you the person you are now. You have survived much of the pain, yet some of it still lingers.

I agree with your last statement you do need a lot of salt and pepper (different emotions) to help you grow in life, and I truly think there has to be a balance, it cannot be all sunshine, but it cannot all be rain either. A balance leads to shaping you to live a good life.

This is so true. We all have our own special seasonings in our life. Salt, pepper are always a must, we all have our good days and bad and our seasoning showcases that. Beautiful write, as always.

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Enjoyed very much the seasoned metaphors and you are right. Life can always do with a bit of seasoning. Milly x