“Picking Blackberries By Moonlight Makes My Heart Soar In Delight”
A poem about the magic of harvesting blackberries in the middle of a perfect full moon night
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PICKING BLACKBERRIES ON A MAGICAL FULL MOON NIGHT
It was the wee hours of a beautiful full moon night in late summer when I got a craving for blackberries…
Fortunately, a huge 200-foot-long blackberry bramble hedge grows over the top of our boundary board fence, with the biggest, sweetest, plumpest and most succulent berries hanging down in clumps at just the right height for harvesting them easily.
I went out barefoot in the dark, and soon filled a big bowl with perfectly ripe berries, picking them by feel and moonlight…
And I felt such a surge of gratitude for the blackberry bounty and the radiant perfection of the night that was so silent and still that I could hear the gurgling of the creek and happy frogs singing in it that I started singing out of sheer joy myself.
I felt one with the night, with the brilliant full moon, with our beautiful planet spinning in space and all of the living beings all around me.
It was such a sacred and special experience that I tried to capture it by writing this poem…
And I thought to myself…” It just doesn’t get better than this….”
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“It is the simplest things that are the sweetest” PICKING BLACKBERRIES BY MOONLIGHT MAKES MY HEART SOAR IN DELIGHT “It is the simplest things that are the sweetest, That, if we slow down enough to really notice Them, will give us the greatest pleasure and Sense of satisfaction and feelings of Utter and complete contentment which No amount of money can buy for these Things are natural gifts that surround us— And are always available to us everywhere, If we will take the time to taste, Touch, smell, see and revel in them…” —Chinmayan On Still Mountain, I am picking blackberries In the cool moonlight From the vines which grow Up and over our fence From the wide fields beyond— Pulling each fat succulent berry By feel, not by sight— Sensitive to the fact that The sweetest berries pull off easily, Just when they are perfectly ripe, Full of juicy sweetness at their peak… I know that if a berry is still fastened tight, then its not ready— But tonight so many full heavy berries Come into my hand easily As I feast, picking one after another, Savoring their tangy taste in the Solitude of a lush, still and Wonderfully expectant night, Staining my fingers with their juices As my spirit rises to celebrate this life Suddenly full to the brim With divine love and natural delight. August 18, 2018 Still Mountain Retreat
The biggest blackberries I have ever seen
And the sweetest….
Calligraphy by Chinmayan
Image Credit: Still Mountain Meditation Center
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