Natures Charms

Picking black raspberries
Wading through briars and underbrush
Knowing that there are snakes and spiders and such

Blue stained fingers capture the white lie
That laughs from lips dry, thirsty
For a sense of fluid feelings drizzling on naked skin

Drained by the tangerine sun glowing
Breathing light across the penetrating shadows
Aching to color hope with blazing embers of assurance

Thoughts drift across a numbed mind
Feelings blending carefully, music of humbleness
Bleeding crimson as the nicks from quick little thorns

Reflections of lavender memory
Melancholy dread and fear that spread
From silent screams echoing in the past, history

Finally my pail is filled to overflowing
Drinking in the liquid lure of laughter, light
Lasting from dawn to dusk, glimmering stardust muse

These berries will dissolve into moments
Hastening to enrich lives with precious promises
Of homemade jelly, domesticated flavors of rich grace

Prayers fall from my tongue
Beckoning to God with tender psalms
Erasing all recollection of the stinging
Brought on by bristles lingering 
Protecting those berries from all harm

I have gone and taken away the ones
Who were sheltered – defenseless
Now they drizzle across my spoon
Sweet and succulent as a soft song

Let every berry flavor a heart
With kindness, joy, inspiration
That comes from nature’s charms

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