Awe-inspiring

"Hunger makes you restless. 

You dream about food - 

not just any food, but perfect food, 

the best food, magical meals, 

famous and awe-inspiring. 

The one piece of meat, 

the exact taste of buttery corn, 

tomatoes so ripe they split 

and sweeten the air, 

beans so crisp they snap 

between the teeth, 

gravy like mother’s milk 

singing to your bloodstream."

– Dorothy Allison

Hungry, she'd buried herself deep within her pale, dispirited body where any growth of strength and spirit seemed to have ceased. That gut feeling of emptiness produced in her a longing for nourishment as it gnawed restlessly at the very core of her being. 

One day out of the blue, the hunger that had kept her on edge for so long, was miraculously assuaged and finally stilled. Hunger slaked, her heart was nourished, her mind, body and spirit, were now at ease and blithely rejuvinated.