Sustaining

As we perform the daily tasks of living
 When does the word “intuitive” apply?
 When do the rules seem fixed and unforgiving?
 When do we throw out rules; work on the fly? 
 Of course, it must depend on where we’re looking.
 Just here my instinct works, but there it fails.
 For you it’s clear that if the task is cooking
 Though recipes abound, instinct prevails.
 Each dinner-time I sit down and I find
 A magic meal, and yet I understand
 It is the product of your fertile mind.
 Not effortless, it takes a practiced hand
 But I can cook. Although I’m not as able,
 I could do more than set the breakfast table.