raspberries are reminders

July 29- August 2 Week 20/72

of the joy of hunting for glistening

treasures whose cool juiciness

contrasts with the heat of sunkissed skin

of the balance of risk and reward

eeny meeny miny moe

sinfully sweet or eye-squinting woe

of the brevity of time

second, moment, day

youth, ripeness and rot

of the grace of experiencing

a life force in its prime, then finding

beauty in all that is left behind