Blackberries

Unfolding Light · Oct 16, 2026 · 1m

Thimble full of flavor,

thumb print of grace,

humble berry offered

among sun and bumblebees,

your thorns draw blood,

love’s price, amid this blessed

giving and receiving.

Flesh of presence,

flavor flowing in self-giving,

the All of the Divine in our mouths,

the bread and wine of this afternoon,

we come not to observe but to join,

to savor, swallow, and be saved

by what ripens in our souls

until we hold the world

and say like a mother to her child,

“I love you so much

I could eat you.”

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Steve Garnaas-Holmes

Unfolding Light

www.unfoldinglight.net

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