Snacks That Don’t Run Out

What snack would you eat right now?

What snack would you eat right now?

Chips?

Chocolate?

Something to kill time between thoughts?

But if there were a snack of love….

I would not check the ingredients.

I would not read the label.

I would not ask where it came from.

I would eat it.

Immediately.

Let it melt on my tongue,

not rushed,

not shared,

not explained.

A taste that doesn’t disappear

when the room gets quiet.

A flavour that survives

the insipid moments,

the days that forget your name.

And even when it’s gone…

the memory of it

would sit somewhere in my chest,

recharging me

like a phone left on the table overnight.

A snack of love

would change how I show up.

And if there were a snack of kindness…

oh, I would stock up.

Packets upon packets

stacked in the drawer.

Anyone says they’re hungry,

tired,

ignored,

invisible…

I wouldn’t ask questions.

I’d just hand it over.

“Here.

Try this.”

Let them taste what it’s like

to be treated gently

without earning it.

Because the real snacks,

whatever we eat,

only make us full

for a moment.

But love and kindness…

they fill you long enough

to survive in this city.

They don’t just quiet the stomach.

They fill the heart.

They settle the soul.

And suddenly,

you’re not starving anymore.

You’re alive.