the baking powder in you

I was just thinking 
one morning 
during meditation 
how much alike 
hope 
and baking powder are: 
quietly getting what is best in me 
to rise, 
awakening 
the hint of eternity 
within. 

I always think of that 
when I eat biscuits now 
and wish 
that I could be 
more faithful 
to the hint of eternity, 
the baking powder 
in me.
- Macrina Wiederkehr